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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.
To be nobody-but-yourself – in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.
Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.
Be real and unashamed. Even of your faults.
I’m going to show you my faults, I’m going to show you my insecurities, I’m going to be real.
To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can’t have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I’d rather not be in a cage. I’d rather be dead. And it’s real simple. And I think it’s not that uncommon.
Be real and be unashamed, even of your faults. I do truly know what my husband is made of and vice versa.
I do not understand the squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisonous gas against uncivilized tribes.
The laughter that happens when people are truth-telling and showing up and being real – I call that knowing laughter. That’s what happens between people when we recognize the absurdity of the belief that we’re alone in anything.
As a mother, anyone who has a teenager can attest to being really excited when they have something positive to be putting their energy into. They have so much energy, and it can go in the wrong direction.
My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going ‘straight,’ but I was just getting weirder – at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.
I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that.
Teaching is not about information. It’s about having an honest intellectual relationship with your students. It requires no method, no tools, and no training. Just the ability to be real. And if you can’t be real, then you have no right to inflict yourself upon innocent children.
We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.
Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.
In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody’s got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
I am naturally pretty shy. I’ve come out of it a pretty good bit because I’m kind of a strange combination of being really shy and also being a born entertainer. I’ve got both in me and I guess it depends on my surroundings as to what’s going to come out more prominently.
Anyone with any real blood in his or her veins cannot help being a fan. Being a true American and being a fan are synonymous.
I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.
I would think that would be really liberating to play like a real cad or a villain or something like that, and that’s something I haven’t gotten the chance to do a lot.
I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I’ve found them to be real smart and good workers.
Someday, one of your friends is gonna get divorced, it’s gonna happen, and they’re gonna tell you. Don’t go, ‘ohhhh I’m sorry.’ That’s a stupid thing to say. First of all you’re making ’em feel bad for being really happy, which isn’t fair. And second of all: divorce is always good news. I know that sounds weird, but it’s true, because no good marriage has ever ended in divorce. It’s really that simple.
We can deny angels exist, convince ourselves they can’t be real. But they show up anyway, at strange places and at strange times. They can speak through any character we can imagine. They’ll shout through demons if they have to. Daring us, challenging us to fight.
If the script’s good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don’t learn things for auditions, because I feel like it’s just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don’t know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far.
I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing.
I see no profound progress taking place when there is no hope, no inspiration, only drastic overthrow and rebellion. Before having a revolution of thought there must be real ideals to aspire to, and they are only to be found within.
Nothing’s real unless you want it to be, and anything can be real if you want it to enough; so real doesn’t really mean anything.
Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.
But once a dead God, always a dead God, even resurrected. The Son must have the taste of death forever in his mouth. The Trinity must be tainted by it; there must be a certain stench at the right hand of God the Father. The horror must be real. Why would God wish that upon Himself? Why not leave death to mortals? Why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? — Love. That was his answer.