Being Real Quotes - Page 22

• They must be real people. And this means that every word in every line of speech must be accurate and full of some kind of meaning which stretches not only forward in the book but stems from before in the book.

  John Steinbeck

  Real, Book, Writing

  John Steinbeck (1990). “Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters”, p.115, Penguin

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• The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth. Ultimately truth is good, but you have to live it from the inside out.

  Alan Cohen

  Uplifting, Real, Important

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• The spirit is the life of the body seen from within, and the body the outward manifestation of the life of the spirit-the two being really one.

  Carl Jung

  Inspirational, Two, Body

  Carl Gustav Jung (1964). “Civilization in transition”

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• I think imperfections are important, just as mistakes are important. You only get to be good by making mistakes, and you only get to be real by being imperfect.

  Julianne Moore

  Mistake, Self Esteem, Real

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• The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half-piece bathing suit. If she wore a few more clothes, you might be intrigued. If she wore no clothes at all, you might be shocked. But the way it is, you are occupied with noticing that her knees are too bony and that her toenails are too large. The modern film tries too hard to be real. Its techniques of illusion are so perfect that it requires no contribution from the audience but a mouthful of popcorn.

  Raymond Chandler

  Real, Clothes, Perfect

  Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Gardiner, Kathrine Sorley Walker (1977). “Raymond Chandler Speaking”, p.134, Univ of California Press

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• For me songwriting is very...it's almost like an accident. 'Oh I accidentally wrote about that.' I sit down with the urge to write a song and then afterward it turns out being really personal. I get really overwhelmed by how I feel a lot and sometimes - I feel like my body and my brain can't deal with all the different emotions and I feel like I'm just going to explode.

  Jessica Lea Mayfield

  Song, Writing, Brain

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• His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.

  Samuel Johnson

  Real, Men, Thinking

  Samuel Johnson (1804). “The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: And a Criticism on Their Works”, p.554

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• Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowing that it's not real.

  Isabelle Huppert

  Real, Thinking, Knowing

  Guardian interviews at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2001.

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• Girl I know it's real cause I've been around it. You only want what's real you just never found it

  Drake

  Girl, Real, Want

  Song: Practice, Album: Take Care, 2011

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• "So?" he asked.
  She was stunned and amazed - and happier than she'd ever been before. It couldn't possibly be real, she thought - unless she spoke the truth aloud, with Daniel and the rest of the fallen angels there to witness.
  "I'm Lucinda," she said. "I'm your angel."

  Lauren Kate

  Real, Angel, Spokes

  "The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection". Book by Lauren Kate, 2013.

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• You can't be real," Delilah murmurs. "Says who?" I ask. "Did you really think that a story exists only when you're reading it?

  Jodi Picoult

  Real, Reading, Thinking

  Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.53, Simon and Schuster

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• Be real, because a mask only fools people on the outside. Pretending to be someone you're not takes a toll on the real you, and the real you is more important than anyone else.

  Alex Gaskarth

  Real, People, Important

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• The easiest way to gain someone's trust is to deserve it. This should be pretty easy, assuming you're just being you and being real. Minimal effort too.

  Ashly Lorenzana

  Real, Effort, Way

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• Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.

  Michael Landon

  Real, Boys, Sick

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• IN ALL MY FILMS, IT SEEMED IMPORTANT TO ME TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE, LOST IN AN EMPTY UNIVERSE, BUT THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED BY INNUMERABLE THREADS WITH THEIR PAST AND PRESENT, THAT THROUGH CERTAIN MYSTICAL WAYS, EVERY HUMAN BEING REALIZES THE RAPPORT WITH THE WORLD AND THE LIFE OF HUMANITY.

  Andrei Tarkovsky

  Art, Past, Humanity

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• I want my photographs not only to be real but to portray the essence of my subjects also. In order to do that, you have to be patient.

  Mary Ellen Mark

  Real, Order, Essence

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• You telling me it's only been a couple other people that you've been with
  Imma trust you Imma give you the benefit of the doubt and Imma love you
  You can even call me daddy, give you someone to look up to

  Drake

  Couple, Real, Love You

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• There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.

  Frederick Delius

  Life, Happiness, Music

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• When I see ya baby girl, I miss feelin on ya. I miss everything that's real about ya and that's everything about ya, that's just how I feel about ya

  Drake

  Girl, Baby, Real

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• Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now. Let it teach you Being. Let it teach you integrity — which means to be one, to be yourself, to be real. Let it teach you how to live and how to die, and how not to make living and dying into a problem.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Being Yourself, Integrity, Real

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.190, New World Library

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• I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.

  Ben Stiller

  Looking Good, More To Life, Plans

  "Zoolander". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• I've seen it all before. Now that it's over I shoulda known better than to think this was real and you could be mine.

  Drake

  Relationship, Romantic, Break Up

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• Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you. Don't let the 'business' change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.

  George Jones

  Real, Love Is, Voice

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• When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.

  Monica Bellucci

  Real, Food, Ice Cream

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All things are possible, once enough human beings realize that everything is at stake.

  Norman Cousins

  Inspiring, Realizing, Enough

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