Forget about being impressive and commit to being real. Because being real is impressive!
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Everything is a theory and you are blind to comprehend it, and reality is nothing but an illusion.
ANONYMOUS BEING Being real is what is important.
GAVIN ROSSDALE Anyone who keeps his body physically natural and speaks openly and emotionally factual, is most like...
ANUJ SOMANY Gray can really throw ball well. He's impressive, especially being a sophomore.
VANCE BELEW I hate being alone, my feelings, my thoughts and my mind eats me alive.
WALEED UZ ZAMAN KHAN some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watc...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK I am not a typical human being. I am me and don't try to be anything but that because God didn't giv...
TAMMY WOOSTER Rem really looked good. This is his best outing by far. ... That was real impressive.
BOBBY COX People say keeping it real is a hard thing to do. Keeping it real is easy. Being fake and being soft...
TRICK DADDY It's sad that you don't see drivers being real people.
JACQUES VILLENEUVE Being offended is part of being in the real world.
COURTNEY LOVE I think Vladimir Putin, because of all of his experiences, has a real fear about being - about NATO ...
CHARLIE ROSE The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether o...
C.S. LEWIS Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.
FUTURE Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possi...
ORSON SCOTT CARD Being real to oneself is only and truly holding the privileged position of being a different person.
ANUJ SOMANY I'm really a novice about being a real estate developer.
HOLLY BRUBACH Roy ran real well. Running that time with a 20-minute rest after the 400 is pretty impressive.
BRAD FAIRCHILD I like being a leader in real life.
DONNIE WAHLBERG I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in be...
TRACY MCMILLAN People are so worried about being beautiful, they forgot what real ugly is.
SONYA.E.WILLIAMS I always think of Gilbert Norrell as being Salieri to Jonathan Strange being Mozart.
EDDIE MARSAN It's not about being funny. It's about being candid and real. This is a marked shift in our approach...
BEN STUART We talked about that being a real turnaround emotionally for Calgary.
BARRY TROTZ The whole thing has been no fun, and debilitating, but not indicted is not indicted. It's binary: be...
ED ROGERS They're real close to being back.
JEFF JORDAN Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fa...
ROBERT BENCHLEY Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fa...
ROBERT BENCHLEY Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fa...
RODNEY DANGERFIELD Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact...
ROBERT BENCHLEY Being a simple human being is enough to paint beautifully the real world picture like a saint.
ANUJ SOMANY Glasgow's really friendly, with this impressive mix of real solidarity and identity that's v...
GEORGE MACKAY It's a good rivalry. They do a good job. They have an impressive offense, and a real good defense.
BILL KRAMER He's pitched a long time...with a real nice breaking ball. But he's [also] competitive. That's impre...
DICK ADAMS Even in comedy, you have to be real. It's all about being real. It's how real can you be? Th...
CRAIG ROBINSON ...man is as much a parasite on the cow as the tapeworm is on man: We have sucked their udders like ...
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it w...
BOB EDWARDS A fit body gives you confidence. And there's nothing more impressive than a great attitude, whic...
VIRAT KOHLI Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it...
SIR WALTER SCOTT I never expected all of this. I'm real surprised about everybody being here.
MICHAEL MEMEA They pride themselves on being real.
VINCE MANZE My work is writing, but my real work is being.
WILLIAM SAROYAN But they played real good golf in critical situations yesterday and today. Our six-person score was ...
CAL HUBBARD After sounding a lot like other people in my decades of past I have found my own voice when I realiz...
JOHN M SHEEHAN All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to the...
IO TILLETT WRIGHT She's not real thrilled about me being away so long, but she's very understanding.
FRANK NELSON When I was four I thought everything in TV was just TV, then I was five and Ma unlied about lots of ...
EMMA DONOGHUE The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. Thats the ess...
VINCE LOMBARDI JR. The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the es...
VINCE LOMBARDI It's an important moment for this franchise to recognize one of the greatest players in the history ...
JEFFREY LURIE Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think it's about being real. Being awake t...
KRISTA TIPPETT Only few talk about being "real" and then the percentage reduces drastically because standing "true"...
PRAVIN PRAJAPATI Try this: Be What or Who You feel/think is missing from your 'world'. Then You wouldn't have to exha...
UFUOMA APOKI When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are no...
PAULO COELHO What you would seem to be, be really.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It's an opportunity to represent Merced as well. Everybody is real proud of me being a local guy and...
BRIAN FUENTES Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garb...
BETSEY JOHNSON Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.
SEBASTIAN BACH To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one ...
DAVID SMALL This was cheering. The real world was still there, it still contained puppies being puppies and cats...
KERRY GREENWOOD It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especial...
JAMES TAYLOR I have two or three cars that I like, but today, Ferrari would be the best car I have driven in term...
RATAN TATA With WesTrac, you have real people doing real jobs with real problems and real opportunities, and yo...
KERRY STOKES Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child l...
MARGERY WILLIAMS BIANCO Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being ch...
DIANNE FEINSTEIN The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility ...
WHITNEY YOUNG The question is never 'who am I?' It's 'who do I want to be?
DIANNA HARDY eople—even good, impressive people—always want something simple and unimpressive. Everything goo...
B.J. NOVAK The easiest way to gain someone's trust is to deserve it. This should be pretty easy, assuming you'r...
ASHLY LORENZANA The real miracle in human life is having emotions, being able to feel things.
MARTY RUBIN When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.
MARGERY WILLIAMS When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.
MARGERY WILLIAMS BIANCO I used to be afraid of what it would be like being the real me. I soon found out that the fear of be...
SUSIE L HILL Beelzebub is the isolated part of the human being. This part or this real human being has been obscu...
YOUSSEF ZIEDAN The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That'...
VINCE LOMBARDI What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as...
JOYCE MEYER I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as they used to be or...
JODIE FOSTER The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
CARLOS CASTANEDA I was real honored to be right there with those two guys (the troopers). At that point they were jus...
JAMES FARRELL I don't throw around the word 'brother' because I'm so, so close to my real-life bro...
JUSSIE SMOLLETT 'I' is only a convenient term for somebody who has no real being.
VIRGINIA WOOLF There will be some real sharp pencils out on what is being spent.
ROB DAVISON While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to jus...
PAT BROWN I went to a psychoanalyst. He explained things about my love life that I found very impressive... al...
BRITNEY SPEARS Forget about the trade. This is where I want to be, ... Manny being Manny, man.
MANNY RAMIREZ The real question is why is there “being”? The existence of existence is amazing, awesome.
GERALD SCHROEDER I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.
GILLIAN ANDERSON ...when someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real...
JOHN GEDDES The real product at Diesel is satisfaction. My satisfaction at Diesel is being a pioneer.
RENZO ROSSO Within the depth of my being, you might find me perfect. The superficial, if sincere, is imperfect.
INAAM ABDULKARIM And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.
SCOTT SPEEDMAN For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of i...
MARK TWAIN One match that really sticks out for me, there's a bunch of matches with all the guys that I wor...
BROCK LESNAR The near-real-time history being written hasn't been particularly kind to Rumsfeld.
ANDREW KREPINEVICH Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mai...
EVAN DAVIS It's rewarding being with these people, making a connection with them, and being able to take them o...
JOE ROBERTS Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real.
LAURENCE OLIVIER SIR It is truly exciting to be a part of the Fidelity National Financial Real Estate Solutions managemen...
JOHN HENSLEY Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better ...
KATE WINSLET The real distinction between being great and being less great seems to be the extent to which we are...
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JONATHAN SWIFT Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our
hives with honey and wax, thus furnis...
JONATHAN SWIFT Convey a libel in a frown.
And wink a reputation down!
JONATHAN SWIFT For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
JONATHAN SWIFT The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been...
JONATHAN SWIFT Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
JONATHAN SWIFT They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.
JONATHAN SWIFT What some invent the rest enlarge.
JONATHAN SWIFT I heard the little bird say so.
JONATHAN SWIFT A prince, the moment he is crown'd,
Inherits every virtue sound,
As emblems of the sovereign p...
JONATHAN SWIFT Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.
JONATHAN SWIFT So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller sti...
JONATHAN SWIFT A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
JONATHAN SWIFT In all distresses of our friends
We first consult our private ends;
While Nature, kindly bent ...
JONATHAN SWIFT