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Real Quotes

On staying grounded in what's real.

This set plays with double meanings, from researchers chasing clever ideas over practical relevance to a footballer's memories of a transfer away from a famous Spanish club. For more on genuine feeling, see Like.

My dad was a Real Betis fan.

Quotes by Hector Bellerin

A curious observation is the uniform way that committees review curriculum for each field of study. Too often, authorities have a knee-jerk impulse to declare that 'all curriculum areas will be the same.' In fact, real and significant differences exist...

Quotes by Heidi Hayes Jacobs

There's not a lot of stories for women told by women in a very real, true voice.

Quotes by Heather Graham

I've had three husbands, but my real romance is my work.

Quotes by Hattie Carnegie

I became hooked on 'In Treatment,' which was so finely written and performed. Such a simple idea, and yet it delved into very complex territory with real grace and humanity.

Quotes by Hattie Morahan

Of woman as a real human being, with sexual needs and sexual responsibilities, morality has often known nothing.

Quotes by Havelock Ellis

Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.

Quotes by Harvey Mackay

Thought, not money, is the real business capital.

Quotes by Harvey S. Firestone

I am a Chicagoan. I feel like I've simply been on vacation for 10 years in Los Angeles. But Chicago is a real place, and L.A. is a motel.

Quotes by Haskell Wexler

We looked into and tested the Airbnb website and found the inquiries generated were at price points substantially lower than the market is prepared to pay us directly. It was clear that there were no real synergies between the level...

Quotes by Harry Triguboff

The form of my poem rises out of a past that so overwhelms the present with its worth and vision that I'm at a loss to explain my delusion that there exist any real links between that past and a...

Quotes by Hart Crane

I think it would take a real stretch to think that I caused the problems with the economy.

Quotes by Harry Reid

You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.

Quotes by Harry Shearer

My family was lower middle class, and my parents both worked, so we couldn't take proper vacations. We'd go for three days to Santa Barbara or to the desert, so my first real vacation came was when I was 12,...

Quotes by Harry Shearer

As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy.

Quotes by Harry Johnston

Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business.

Quotes by Harry Crews

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.

Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Did I run real swindles? Oh, yeah. I mean, I started as a - on the street. I did not begin as a performer. I began running the shell game.

Quotes by Harry Anderson

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Harper Lee

The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not...

Quotes by Harold H. Greene

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about cryptography or technical research?
Yes. One quote observes that a lot of people working in cryptography have no deep concern with real application issues, and are more focused on discovering things clever enough to write papers about. It's a candid critique of research for its own sake. Browse Know quotes for more insight-driven lines.
Does this page include the same baseball confession found on other topic pages?
Yes - one quote here reads: "I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad." It shows up here because it uses real as an intensifier, alongside its baseball subject matter.
Is there a quote about a football transfer between clubs?
Yes. One quote reflects on being sold from Real Madrid to Inter, saying the speaker would have preferred to have remained in Spain. It's a personal look at how a transfer can feel from the player's side. For more on preferences and personal choices, see Like quotes.
Is there a quote about the movie "Scream"?
Yes - one quote notes that in 'Scream,' there is very real drama that would be in almost any drama, pointing out that even a horror franchise can carry genuine emotional weight. For more reflections on everyday life and entertainment, browse Life quotes.
What does "real" mean across these different quotes?
It covers a lot - real-world application in research, real bad as an intensifier in baseball slang, the real experience of being transferred between football clubs, and the real drama within a horror movie. For more quotes that return to familiar words in new contexts, see Always quotes.

A film quote points to drama that feels real rather than staged, tying the theme back to authenticity in storytelling. Explore related pages such as Know and Life.