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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.

We don't often talk about the quarter-life crisis, but it is a real thing.

Quotes by Annaleigh Ashford

Since I was a little girl, I've collected ladybugs. Not real ones - I never had a weird ladybug farm!

Quotes by Annaleigh Ashford

I definitely think it exercises an interesting muscle, auditioning for bad parts and trying to figure out how to make it real. I don't know what I'm talking about now.

Quotes by Anna Kendrick

The jewellery I wear on stage in the opera house is not real, but the bling-bling I wear in concerts? Those are real!

Quotes by Anna Netrebko

You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

Quotes by Anna Deavere Smith

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

Quotes by Ann Richards

The real romantics imagine greying and sagging and wrinkling as the deepening of something sacred.

Quotes by Ann Voskamp

The real romantics are the boring ones - they let another heart bore a hole deep into theirs.

Quotes by Ann Voskamp

We had always been a real band; Heart was never a construct.

Quotes by Ann Wilson

Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

Quotes by Ann Dowd

Class is real. It can't be faked.

Quotes by Ann Landers

I'm not going to pretend that I never fantasized about winning the Hugo. Or the Nebula, for that matter. I just never thought it was an actual real possibility.

Quotes by Ann Leckie

I'm sure the audiences will connect with 'Yeh Hai Aashiqui,' as it will feature stories inspired from real life.

Quotes by Anita Hassanandani Reddy

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

Quotes by Anita Hill

The people I write are real to me, and basically, they tell me about their environments on a need-to-know basis.

Quotes by Ann Aguirre

In the real world, people just get on with their lives. And that's where AC/DC come in.

Quotes by Angus Young

I started mixing my real life stories into my stand-up, and on stage it's much more powerful.

Quotes by Anh Do

You go to Florence and all the paintings you've seen in books are there. To see them in real life, it just blows your mind.

Quotes by Anh Do

Someone's got to be interested in how I feel, just because I'm here and I'm real.

Quotes by Ani DiFranco

People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.

Quotes by Ani DiFranco

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.