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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.

Hamlet' is a real ensemble piece: you have to realise that he's just one part of the story.

Quotes by Jonathan Pryce

I'm officially middle-aged. I don't need drugs anymore, thank God. I can get the same effect just by standing up real fast.

Quotes by Jonathan Katz

The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death.

Quotes by Jonathan Davis

Real friends stab you in the front.

Quotes by Jonathan Davis

The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need.

Quotes by Jonathan Franzen

Real life is difficult - some people find that hard to process.

Quotes by Jonathan Anderson

It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely.

Quotes by Jonathan Coe

There's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country?

Quotes by Jon Voight

If Hamas wants to be part of the real world, it has to end up accepting Israel's right to exist.

Quotes by Jonas Gahr Store

My company was based in Palm Beach, Florida, but when 'Bar Rescue' took off, I knew I had to move west. It was a choice between L.A. and Vegas. I have a lot of friends in Vegas, and it became...

Quotes by Jon Taffer

I had to see if I'm a real filmmaker. I mean, I have proven myself in movies and franchises, but am I an artist? Can I contribute something to a medium that I love so much?

Quotes by Jon M. Chu

The only real solution is comprehensive immigration reform that secures our borders and provides a path to legal status for non-felons who are here without proper legal documentation.

Quotes by Jon Ossoff

I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life.

Quotes by Jon Hamm

When I was 23, I felt like I was further back than when I was 21. After two solo albums for this small indie label Just Music, they'd gotten no real profile. So I kind of turned away from the...

Quotes by Jon Hopkins

The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.

Quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn

I'm trying to bring a real man back to Hollywood.

Quotes by Johnny Messner

Now, what we do in Hollywood, we don't cast for the role, we cast for the money, and that's where the real man gets lost.

Quotes by Johnny Messner

I love the 'Omen' films because they're real and scary; 'The Exorcist' because I really thought that could happen; 'The Believers' because that was really great.

Quotes by Johnny Messner

We write stories about common people and common things. That's what Skynyrd always is about - the real working class of America.

Quotes by Johnny Van Zant

Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely.

Quotes by Johnny Weissmuller

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.