Real Quotes

I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.

I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real.

We do not believe that the Marxist program, which embodies the continuity of the experience of the actual class struggle and real revolutions of the last one hundred and fifty years, is a definitely closed book.

The thing that we at MIT must understand is the amount of real damage that is being done to us in the fine structure of how research funds are expended.

In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure.

Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was.

I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

The biggest compliment to me is that guys really approach me and they have a connection with me, so there must be something I'm doing that is authentic, otherwise they wouldn't connect with me so strongly. It's a real compliment.

You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart.

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.

I am convinced that this approach, a mainstream Democratic approach, commands the strong support of the American people, and presents a sharp and compassionate contrast to the Republican abortion position which offers no real hope or commitment to mother or child.

A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set.

The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don't find most of the groups that are coming out now really do.

In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If you can accept me, then you can accept my music.

Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.

The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life.

The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.

It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.

I think it would take a real stretch to think that I caused the problems with the economy.

We need to take steps to strengthen and mend Social Security so that its promise of a secure retirement is just as real for seniors in the future as it is today.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior.

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.

I try to keep my ear to the streets without sacrificing who I am as an artist. If a song needs a drum machine I'll use a drum machine. If it needs a drummer, I'll use a real drummer.