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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.

Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.

Quotes by Alexis Herman

But the real growth I must say in terms of the public sector for the Labor Department is really at state and local levels. That's where the real opportunities are today.

Quotes by Alexis Herman

I'm a real believer in counter-speech when it comes to crazy stuff we don't like.

Quotes by Alexis Ohanian

I'm definitely not a bad guy in real life.

Quotes by Alfie Allen

I tend to process stuff by making jokes about it. It's something that makes me annoying to be around in times of real crisis.

Quotes by Alexandra Petri

Snow is like a manic pixie dream girl: fun and whimsical when you encounter it only through the barrier of a movie screen - but absolute misery to have to put up with in real life.

Quotes by Alexandra Petri

Popular kids don't necessarily know who they are because they're so busy trying to conform. It's the outcasts who are more attuned to who they are. They're more self-aware, more real.

Quotes by Alexandra Robbins

We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow.

Quotes by Alexei Navalny

You can never connect on a deeper level if you idolise someone - you don't see the real person.

Quotes by Alexander Skarsgard

I spent a summer in Texas when I was eight, in Fredericksburg, which is, like, real Texas. It's, like, cowboys and stuff. That was my first time in the States, and I was eight years old. It was also the...

Quotes by Alexander Skarsgard

Power isn't real, and it isn't earned. If you act like you have it, suddenly you're leading everyone. Perception is reality.

Quotes by Alexandra C. Pelosi

Towns have to evolve. Towns have to grow up. But not at the expense of the real people.

Quotes by Alexandra C. Pelosi

Modern reality TV sets up these competitive situations to show us real human nature.

Quotes by Alexander Ludwig

Everyone in Hollywood wanted a role in this movie. Everyone wanted to have a part in it. I feel so lucky that I got one, but what I find so cool about 'Hunger Games' is that the real star is...

Quotes by Alexander Ludwig

Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.

Quotes by Alexander McQueen

I'm not a real central-Moscow kid. I'm not used to luxury stuff.

Quotes by Alexander Ovechkin

I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular.

Quotes by Alexander Payne

The Narrator of 'A Sport and a Pastime' is an American photographer living in a borrowed house in what he calls 'the real France,' Autun, a small town where he hopes to take some career-changing photographs in the spirit of...

Quotes by Alexander Chee

There are definitely advantages to not looking like a Viking in real life.

Quotes by Alexander Dreymon

In this experiment, made on the 9th of October, 1876, actual conversation, backwards and forwards, upon the same line, and by the same instruments reciprocally used, was successfully carried on for the first time upon a real line of miles...

Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell

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.