Real
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.
I do smoke in real life. A lot. We're all smoking right now in fact.
First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma', 'The Hunt for Red October' and 'The Firm' all captivated me by providing glimpses into realms about which I knew very little — medical science, submarine technology and the law.
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it — how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.
The golf facet of my life doesn't go with the rest of my life, which is a rough-and-tumble life. I work in real estate development, which is the toughest business, and I do it in the toughest city. I deal with ruthless people.
All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.