Being Real Quotes - Page 16

• When I was a kid and I would play pretend, I would end up with blood everywhere and I would cut my feet up. I love the feeling of it being real.

  Austin Butler

  Real, Kids, Cutting

  Source: collider.com

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• I am more than what you bargained for and nothin less than real.

  Drake

  Real, Humble, Self Perception

  Song: Uptown, Album: So Far Gone, 2009

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• Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity

  Will Smith

  Path, Mediocrity, Realistic

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• You can reach a situation where things of intelligence and refinement and culture can be considered elite, and things that are crass and ignorant can be considered to be real and of the people. And when you begin to have the mass of populus striving for something that's not worth striving for, then tremendous amounts of energy go into...the maintenance of that which is worthless.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Real, People, Ignorant

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• Yet I'm making a book and I'm going to care immensely about what words get bound in the pages, and I want the object to look good. I won't believe in it and it won't be real to me until there's a finished book I can hold.

  Jonathan Lethem

  Real, Believe, Book

  Interview with Peter Andrey Smith, www.believermag.com. May 2012.

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• We're all friends, inside the music and outside the music. I mean, we don't sound anything alike, we don't approach our music anything alike, but we come from the same genuine place. We want our music to be real and we don't want to compromise our art.

  Erykah Badu

  Art, Real, Mean

  Hip Online Interview, hiponline.com. January 22, 2001.

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• I want to make a vending machine that sells vending machines. It'd have to be real big.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Real, Humor

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• Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Rights, Would Be

  Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

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• The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Symbols, Ifs

  Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

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• I am attracted to fantastic writing, and fantastic reading, of course. But I think things that we call fantastic may be real, in the sense of being real symbols.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Real, Reading, Writing

  Jorge Luis Borges (1998). “Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations”, p.77, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I can honestly say and swear on my patch that I have never in my life hurt anybody that I really didn't feel had it coming, because they was either trying to hurt me or my friends. If everybody was like that it [life] would be real different.

  Sonny Barger

  Hurt, Real, Trying

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• I love watching people be totally committed in a very real way to stupid situations. I find it's not so much trying to be funny, it's trying to be real in a messed up context. That's comedy to me.

  Will Ferrell

  Real, Stupid, People

  "Will Ferrell: 'I Am Kind Of Boring To Me'". The Talks Interview, the-talks.com. August 3, 2011.

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• When you love, deeply love another human being, really deeply, somewhere you will feel that you are still alone, and this very beloved human being has no access.

  Irina Tweedie

  Deep Love, Beloved, Really Deep

  Source: www.goldensufi.org

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• You kind of gotta step back from your dreams and your passions once in a while, and kind of do something else for a minute so that you can come back to it with a fresh outlook, and be real inspired by something else, so you can give something back to your dreams and your passions.

  Tristan Prettyman

  Dream, Real, Passion

  Source: www.thestarscoop.com

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• It's very unbalanced actually, to be real. Everything's like deserted.

  Ariana Grande

  Real, Unbalanced, Deserted

  "Prince Royce Talks Touring with Ariana Grande & the Growing 'Spanglish' Music Scene at iHeartRadio Music Fest". Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. September 21, 2015.

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• It's more important than ever to define yourself in terms of what you stand for rather than what you make, because what you make is going to become outmoded faster than it has at any time in the past. ...hang on to the idea of who you are as a company, and focus not on what you do, but on what you could do. By being really clear about what you stand for and why you exist, you can see what you could do with a much more open mind. You enhance your ability to adapt to change.

  James C. Collins

  Past, Ideas, Focus

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• I took on so many things and not everything was the right fit. If you do that, it can kill your brand. A partnership has to be real and authentic.

  Kim Kardashian

  Real, Fit, Partnership

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• If the Devil is real, then God must be real, too.

  Jacob Vargas

  Real, Devil, Ifs

  "Frequently Asked Questions/How does the movie end?". "Devil", www.imdb.com. 2010.

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• I would say I don't like people who are really into themselves or are very materialistic. Just always talking themselves up. Not being real is the pet peeve. Be true to yourself.

  Austin Stowell

  Real, Talking, People

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• I think that it is real important for someone to be really honest and open emotionally. I'm really an emotional person. If I'm that way and the guy isn't that way I just really feel like a jerk.

  Molly Ringwald

  Real, Emotional, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real.

  Ricky Gervais

  Real, Character, Thinking

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• Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques you use to fill up a regular scene.

  Jack Nicholson

  Real, Technique, Use

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• You got to be real with yourself and not just let yourself pass on things that tend to become a bad habit. Make sure you stay on top of practicing well and preparing the way you always do.

  Champ Bailey

  Real, Way, Habit

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Fashion is about having a point of view, a taste and a personality. For us we always felt we could apply our DNA really to anything but you have to do it if it's true to you, feels authentic. It has to be real.

  Karen Walker

  Fashion, Real, Dna

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• There is something about dance that is actually a great tension. There is something that is incredibly freeing about dancing for dancers who do it. They tend to be really arty and interesting people in real life. At the same time, they have an incredibly rigorous training schedule.

  George Nolfi

  Real, People, Dancing

  "Writer-Director George Nolfi Exclusive Interview THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 26, 2011.

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