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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.

What's so kind of beautiful about the whole thing was that everything that made me not right for all of those hundreds of commercial auditions that I went on and no one ever wanted me for is what made me...

Quotes by America Ferrera

I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves.' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.

Quotes by America Ferrera

In hip hop, 'real' has always meant one who represents in actuality what they present in imagery. For instance, once upon a time, if a rapper spoke about being gangsta, they needed to truly be that, or they were 'frontin.'

Quotes by Amanda Seales

For America, 1812 became the war in which it had finally gained its independence. For Britain, 1812 became the skirmish it had contained, while winning the real war against its greatest nemesis, Napoleon.

Quotes by Amanda Foreman

Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.

Quotes by Amanda Lindhout

I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.

Quotes by Amanda Palmer

Twitter fascinates me because it's real. It feels kind of unreal, but it makes very real things happen.

Quotes by Amanda Palmer

I'm a very real person that has overcome a lot, so I think I'm relatable.

Quotes by Alyssa Edwards

I know what it is to be a mother of sons in real life.

Quotes by Amala Akkineni

I'd personally like to see more 'real bodies' in magazines.

Quotes by Amanda de Cadenet

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is because I spent a lot of years directing, I spent a lot of years behind the camera.

Quotes by Alton Brown

Seriously. I'm not very bright, and it takes a lot for me to get a concept - to really get a concept. To get it enough that it becomes part of me. But when it happens I get real excited...

Quotes by Alton Brown

I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a nice barrier against super high heat which tends to make a lot of fish to turn...

Quotes by Alton Brown

There are real people on the pitch. We're not commodities. Well, maybe we are to some degree, but it's the team which creates business. Some people don't appreciate that.

Quotes by Alun Wyn Jones

I grew up at Real Madrid and played there a long time.

Quotes by Alvaro Morata

I won in Italy, I won at Real Madrid, and I felt important.

Quotes by Alvaro Morata

Real Madrid are Real Madrid, and any player would want to be at Real Madrid. Why would I want to leave Real Madrid? I wanted to play, nothing else.

Quotes by Alvaro Morata

Real Madrid needs a coach that knows the club and understands the values that it represents.

Quotes by Alvaro Morata

Of course I would return to Real Madrid once I win all there is to win with Chelsea and after a long and successful career at Chelsea.

Quotes by Alvaro Morata

Of course I would have liked to have spent my whole life at Real Madrid, but if it cannot be, it cannot be, and you have to move on.

Quotes by Alvaro Morata

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.