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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 feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

Quotes by Maggie Gyllenhaal

I used to memorize music when I was real young. Schoolwork, not so much. But music I could remember.

Quotes by Madlib

I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump.

Quotes by Mac Miller

Cleveland, Ohio, is the real deal.

Quotes by Machine Gun Kelly

People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone.

Quotes by Ma Jun

What gives you real power is when you know your power. And I feel quite powerful.

Quotes by Mabel

One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.

Quotes by Mac Davis

'The Exorcist' is the scariest movie ever made. It just felt dead-on real, like you were watching the existence of the devil.

Quotes by M. Night Shyamalan

The National Policy for Farmers calls for a paradigm shift from measuring agricultural progress merely in terms of growth rates, to measuring it in terms of the growth in the real income of farm families.

Quotes by M. S. Swaminathan

There are interesting tensions that will naturally occur with any relationship. No matter what setting, what era, the tension is very, very real. It's basic human tension.

Quotes by Lyriq Bent

What people don't normally know about us is the hustle is very real, and it's sorely driven a lot by how we consider ourselves. We don't pay a whole lot of attention to any type of judgment that we might...

Quotes by Lzzy Hale

I always describe race as the final taboo in American theatre. There's a real reluctance to have that conversation in an open, honest way on the stage.

Quotes by Lynn Nottage

I don't have a desire to make films that have cardboard cut-out or Hollywood stand-in replicas of humans. I need the real deal.

Quotes by Lynn Shelton

The real world is the fantasy writer's scrapbook. Real history, real geography, real customs and religions are all invaluable sources of guidance and inspiration.

Quotes by Lynn Flewelling

When I was a little girl, I grew up in Connecticut. Ed and Lorraine Warren's home was not too far from mine. 'The Conjuring' films are based on them; Ed and Lorraine were real people who made a museum in...

Quotes by Lydia Hearst

The psychologist was a real positive and I benefited strongly from using him.

Quotes by Luke Shaw

My first real acting job was 'Skins' at eighteen years old, and I just kind of grew into myself in those two years; I would have done terribly if I'd have got that job at sixteen.

Quotes by Luke Pasqualino

There's a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play 'em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough.

Quotes by Luke Perry

In 2nd grade, a girl who was a friend of mine gave me a homemade valentine. Like, a real, handwritten one!

Quotes by Luke Benward

Drawing on real life is what novelists do. It's not the same as reconstructing real life, which is what historians do.

Quotes by Luke Davies

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.