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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 must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

Quotes by Simone Weil

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest.

Quotes by Simon Newcomb

The simple fact is that what you see on the screen is pretty much real.

Quotes by Simon Pegg

The West is pathetically naive about Russian reformers. We long to believe they are real liberals, but no liberal will ever rule Russia.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Yeltsin was admirable but flawed, noble but tainted, but in his own negligent grandeur, he undermined his own real achievements - and accelerated their ruin.

Quotes by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.

Quotes by Simon Beaufoy

In times of trial, for inspiration, people want to look to real people rather than to fiction.

Quotes by Simon Beaufoy

I'm a documentary filmmaker by training. You got to start with the real people and the real place.

Quotes by Simon Beaufoy

When you make a movie, a dramatization based on the real experience of a living subject, you can't airbrush that away into to a perfect movie arc.

Quotes by Simon Beaufoy

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality.

Quotes by Sigmund Freud

I remember when I started writing lyrics, I was very grand. I tried to use a lot of symbols,because I thought that's how songwriting should be - with imagery and metaphor. I figured, after a while, maybe I should just...

Quotes by Sigrid

I don't have any issue with people seeing my real self.

Quotes by Siddharth Shukla

Glizzy Gang is a real movement. They had movements back when I was younger, in the '90s, but you don't really have a major movement in the 2000s.

Quotes by Shy Glizzy

A lot of people come up to me expecting to meet the person they have seen perform. It's not going to happen, unless my mania, my stage person, responds to them and not the real me.

Quotes by Sia

The real love story of 'Fleabag' is the sisters. That's the true heart of the piece.

Quotes by Sian Clifford

People want to see real women on screen.

Quotes by Shraddha Srinath

The downside of dabbling in different industries is that you don't have your roots anywhere and you don't know where your real demand is.

Quotes by Shraddha Srinath

I still remember the first time I was on stage. It was for a short play, 'Dilnaz and the Chocolate Cake.' And the only reason why I did it was because we used to rehearse with real chocolate cake.

Quotes by Shriya Pilgaonkar

A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument.

Quotes by Sholom Aleichem

Long ago, I became more interested in the real world than in make-believe.

Quotes by Shirley Temple

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.