But then as I got older I realized that she really - she really did the best for me.

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And when I finished it - I wrote it very quickly, which I don't usually do - I realized that it was really my grandfather's song to her.

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Along the way, I realized life really happens at intersections.

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But when I met him, I realized he doesn't really care what people read or write about him.

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"I realized this was really a serious case, " said Mikkalsen, who has since retired.

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"I had realized that the camera was really a ticket to a lot of places one might not be able to go otherwise, " he said.

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Well, meeting Bandura was really cathartic for me, because I realized that this famous scientist had scientifically validated something we'd been seeing for the last 30 years.

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"I think we both realized that it's a really tough awakening, to realize that your father didn't die instantly, and might have really suffered, or might have had a harder time than we thought", Ernst said.

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Mr. LEE STROBEL (Author, Exploring The Da Vinci Code): I think a lot of Christians have realized that the boycotting and picketing approach really isn't very productive.

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And it was the first time that I realized that music was that powerful, and here I was standing up there singing a song that I really believed in.

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