Real World Quotes

• I know children regress after vaccination because it happened to my own son. Why aren't there any tests out there on the safety of how vaccines are administered in the real world, six at a time? Why have only two of the 36 shots our kids receive been looked at for their relationship to autism?

  Jenny McCarthy

  Children, Real, Kids

  "In the Vaccine-Autism Debate, What Can Parents Believe?" by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2011.

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• Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

  Oscar Wilde

  Real, Individuality, Society

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• So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.

  Bill Watterson

  Graduation, Real, World

  "Some thoughts on the real world by one who glimpsed it and fled". Bill Watterson's commencement speech at the Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, www.graduationwisdom.com. May 20, 1990.

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• To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Real, History, World

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.324, Penguin

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• I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people, the scene: they just don’t seem real to me.

  Haruki Murakami

  Real, People, World

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “Norwegian Wood”, p.223, Random House

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• Spiritual people don't float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

  Joyce Meyer

  Spiritual, Real, Issues

  Joyce Meyer (2010). “Hearing from God Each Morning: 365 Daily Devotions”, p.38, Hachette UK

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• I've always been an escapist, I guess, and I spend so much time on the internet absorbing ideas and processing the horrors of the world that when I'm actually going to read for pleasure, it's always something ridiculous about a dragon. I'm so saturated with the injustice and torment of the real world that it's really hard for me to get myself to read anything that's even set in our universe, because I'm exhausted by our universe.

  Lindy West

  Real, World, Ridiculous

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• I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.'

  Ryan Sheckler

  Real, Mtv, Watches

  Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. October 15, 2007.

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• I think that you should definitely listen to what people say, because everyone says it: High school is not the real world.

  Katy Perry

  Real, School, Thinking

  "Katy Perry's High School Memories". www.seventeen.com. August 18, 2010.

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• People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Real, Believe, Tv Shows

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• No 22-year-old should have to enter the real world already in a virtual debtors' prison.

  Michael Moore

  Real, Should Have, Years

  "An Open Letter to President Obama" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2012.

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• The framing of how we relate to each other within and across social media platforms will continue to become more sophisticated and nuanced in their expression of how we structure our relationships in our real world lives.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Real, Media, Expression

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• If you look at that incredible burst of fantastic characters that emerged in the late 19th century/early 20th century, you can see so many of the fears and hopes of those times embedded in those characters. Even in throwaway bits of contemporary culture you can often find some penetrating insights into the real world around us.

  Alan Moore

  Real, Character, Culture

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• When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a difficult time balancing between my real world and the artificial world.

  George R. R. Martin

  Real, Writing, Track

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

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• In politics, religion and other areas of culture, people disagree on the worth of competing ideas. There is no equivalent to the scientific method that can determine in a robust way which ideas match the real world, and which ones can be ruled out. So conflicting ideologies persist indefinitely.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Real, Ideas, People

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• In government-directed economies, the collective takes priority over the individual. The moral ideal is equal results. That approach could not be further removed from the real world.

  Paul Ryan

  Real, Government, Priorities

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• I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.

  Oliver Stone

  Real, Men, Experience

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• In today's social business marketplace Facebook is one of the best places for nonprofits to be discovered and connect with a larger audience on the basis of shared values. So to get started, a non-profit should launch a Facebook page and invite your existing real world community to connect your cause and their networks.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Real, Community, World

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• The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.

  Ted Nugent

  Real, Catching On, Hands

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• I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff.

  Trey Parker

  Real, Thinking, World

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• When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.

  Robert Smith

  Real, World, Intense

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• When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.

  William J. Clinton

  Hurt, Real, People

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

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• L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.

  Hope Solo

  Real, World, Strange

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• I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Real, Government, Decision

  President Obama Announces Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Nominee, www.washingtonpost.com. May 26, 2009.

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• My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.

  Dan Aykroyd

  Fun, Laughter, Real

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

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