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• I am a hopeless romantic. A silly, ridiculous, foolish romantic. I live in a fantasy land. I need to get real. And now, for the first time, I want to get real. I want a real relationship with a real man in the real world–-with all the real problems, faults, and whatever comes with it.

  Alexandra Potter

  Real, Silly, Men

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• TV is sometimes accused of encouraging fantasies. Its real problem, though, is that it encourages-enforces, almost-a brute realism. It is anti-Utopian in the extreme. We're discouraged from thinking that, except for a few new products, there might be a better way of doing things.

  Bill McKibben

  Real, Thinking, Might

  Bill McKibben (1989). “The end of nature”, Random House Inc

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• I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion.

  Andrew Greeley

  Real, Thinking, Political

  "Father Andrew Greeley Extended Interview". Interview With Judy Valente, www.pbs.org. May 10, 2002.

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• Action learning particularly obliges subjects to become aware of their own value systems, by demanding that the real problems tackled carry some risk of personal failure.

  Reg Revans

  Real, Risk, Action

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• There’s no longer a superpower standoff. But there are real problems that divide countries around the world. And the UN is still the place where we can get together and try and discuss them.

  Shashi Tharoor

  Country, Real, Trying

  "Shashi Tharoor on 'Have Your Say'". "Have Your Say" with Bridget Kendall, shashitharoor.in. September 24, 2006.

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• I am drawn to Christ but I have real problems with the Catholic Church.

  Andres Serrano

  Real, Catholic, Church

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• The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might be wrong. That's all. Not that it is. Just that it might be. I don't know why it is, but we tend to fall in love with things we believe, Threaten them, and you threaten us.

  Jack McDevitt

  Falling In Love, Real, Believe

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• There are some who question the relevance of space activities in a developing nation. To us, there is no ambiguity of purpose. We do not have the fantasy of competing with the economically advanced nations in the exploration of the moon or the planets or manned space-flight. But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society.

  Vikram Sarabhai

  Meaningful, Real, Moon

  "India Space Programs and Exploration Handbook". USA International Business Publications, 2007.

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• The real problem is that through our scientific genius we’ve made of the world a neighborhood, but through our moral and spiritual genius we’ve failed to make of it a brotherhood.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Spiritual, Real, Brotherhood

  "Rediscovering Lost Values". Sermon delivered at Detroit's Second Baptist Church, February 28, 1954.

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• If you realize what the real problem is-losing yourself-you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial.

  Joseph Campbell

  Real, Trials, Losing

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• The best learning happens in real life with real problems and real people and not in classrooms.

  Charles Handy

  Real, Learning, People

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• It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials. Hackers pose another very real problem whereby an election could be tilted towards a favored candidate.

  Bob Barr

  Memories, Real, Mind

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• Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!

  Wally Schirra

  Real, Houston, Fierce

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• We are still proprietary over the domestic realm even as we take over new professional realms, and that is a real problem.

  Hanna Rosin

  Real, Problem, Stills

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• Getting hit if you throw it... Getting hit if you don't throw it... The problem is whether you're getting hit by a strong guy or by a little less strong guy. But the truth is, the real problem is that your life will be just like this even in the future. Why? Because when we become adults, we'll be your boss.

  Seo Do-young

  Strong, Drama, Real

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• Some people try to tell me that science will never answer the big questions we have in life. To them I say: baloney! The real problem is your questions aren't big enough.

  Phil Plait

  Real, People, Trying

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• If you want to be useful, you can always start now. It will be a humble prototype of your grand vision, but you’ll be in the game. Start by teaching someone this week. Starting small puts 100% of your energy into solving real problems for real people.

  Derek Sivers

  Real, Teaching, Humble

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• The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone's problem, be aware that most people aren't going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question.

  Jim Rohn

  Real, Two, People

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 29, 2015

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• Our idea of a real problem is someone else's idea of an ultimate dream. Put the 'problem' in perspective

  Tony Robbins

  Dream, Real, Ideas

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Mar 01, 2012

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• If you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

  Jack Welch

  Real, Guy, Leader

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• The real problem, both in discussions of mass shootings and in discussions of gun control, is that too many people are too committed to a vision to allow mere facts to interfere with their beliefs, and the sense of superiority that those beliefs give them.

  Thomas Sowell

  Real, Gun, Mass Shootings

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• The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media.

  Tony Campolo

  Religious, Real, Thinking

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• The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens.

  Eli Roth

  Real, Mean, Thinking

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• No subject was more important in the 2014 elections than healthcare, and Republicans in Congress should waste no time in taking decisive action in response to the voters'€™ demands. Obamacare has escalated costs, disrupted coverage, and introduced bad incentives throughout our healthcare system. Congress must repeal Obamacare and send the president a replacement package of reforms that protects freedom and focuses on the real problem with American healthcare -€” affordability.

  Bobby Jindal

  Real, Obamacare, Important

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• The real problems are cultural. The problems of the people who take drugs as a cultural trap - I think there's a real problem there, the crack stuff, the hopelessness of the junkie. The urban angst.

  Jerry Garcia

  Real, Thinking, People

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