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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.

So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent...

Quotes by Alan Thicke

I like performers who I know are for real. You can tell, man, there's an intensity about their stuff. You can tell right away they're real people, ya know?

Quotes by Alan Vega

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

Quotes by Alan Watts

You can't improve if you don't know what the real situation is.

Quotes by Alan Mulally

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

Quotes by Alan Parsons

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

Quotes by Alan Rickman

My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

Quotes by Alan Rickman

We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real.

Quotes by Alan Greenspan

For some reason I've been labeled that and it's fine, but there are a lot of other artists that sing real traditional stuff, so I don't know why they picked me. That's what I've always done.

Quotes by Alan Jackson

We rarely sue anyone, but, like others in the real estate industry, we get sued.

Quotes by Alan Casden

They're just actors. I much prefer the real thing!

Quotes by Alan Clark

Reducing a product's definition to a list of features and functions ignores the real opportunity - orchestrating technological capability to serve human needs and goals.

Quotes by Alan Cooper

We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for self-protection and for hunting. And there's no room in America for these semiautomatic, automatic and other kinds of weapons that are simply...

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Among adults, we can admit that of course, characters are creations. They aren't real people.

Quotes by Alain de Botton

Advertising is - quite often - alive to our real needs. It's just the products on offer might not be the things that will help us satisfy them.

Quotes by Alain de Botton

I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.

Quotes by Alain Delon

The real evolution is to learn something new every day - it's very important for chefs to share what they have discovered.

Quotes by Alain Ducasse

All I've ever tried to do is play real people.

Quotes by Alan Alda

Whenever I think of how much pleasure I have interviewing scientists, I remember that they're having the real fun in actually being able to do the science.

Quotes by Alan Alda

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.