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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.

I wouldn't say Malkovich is totally insane, but he's not living in the real world. He's living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently.

Quotes by Martha Plimpton

The '80s to me, more than anything else, represents a time of real criminal activity in the office of the president: an incredibly disparate economy in terms of the class distinctions and whatnot, and a tremendous shallowness - a lot...

Quotes by Martha Plimpton

We don't want to come off as pro-smoking. Even though we didn't smoke real cigarettes at all, you want to be careful of people's sensitivities.

Quotes by Martha Plimpton

I've become a real housewife. Terry doesn't mind me working, in fact he loves me to be independent. But I only get an allowance of $15 dollars a week, which doesn't go very far.

Quotes by Marta Kristen

Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.

Quotes by Martha Beck

The England I write about doesn't strike me as the real one.

Quotes by Martha Grimes

I always have this feeling that I'm losing everything, so I'm a real saver.

Quotes by Mark-Paul Gosselaar

I'm a competitor. I want to be out there real bad, competing with my team.

Quotes by Markelle Fultz

I take care of military families. Their sacrifices are very real.

Quotes by Mark Vonnegut

Virginia 's tax system needs to be fixed. The time to act is now. Do not send me any more studies. Do not send me another piecemeal approach that confuses tinkering with real reform.

Quotes by Mark Warner

Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue.

Quotes by Mark White

I'm like anyone; I make a lot of my assumptions about actors I don't know from what I read about them. And then I'll find those judgments are often completely confounded when I meet them in real life.

Quotes by Mark Strong

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.

Quotes by Mark Udall

Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.

Quotes by Mark Rylance

The Romney candidacy is better than it was four years ago, but it's not clear that it's good. Mitt needs to get good real fast: A real speech, real plan, real responses, and real fire in the belly.

Quotes by Mark Steyn

The real magic is in making the intangible idea, the creative impulse, manifest and live in our reality.

Quotes by Mark Ryan

I was in banking because it was high-paying, intense, a real meritocracy, and the afterwork part was fun, but I found everything to do with banking so boring.

Quotes by Mark Pincus

I was a big party guy in my twenties, and kind of a playboy as well. I adopted a lot of values and goals that were fairly superficial and, in many cases, self-destructive. They looked cool and sounded sexy on...

Quotes by Mark Manson

Real happiness comes from discovering a sense of importance in one's actions and in one's life.

Quotes by Mark Manson

The lack of substantial resources and staffing along the Northern U.S. border poses a real security threat.

Quotes by Mark Kennedy

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.