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The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.
Victor Hugo

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.
Victor Hugo

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
William S. Burroughs

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.
Bill Maher

The real threat to whales is whaling, which has endangered many whale species.
Dave Barry

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust

People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others.
Marcel Proust

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
Bono

The real minimum wage is zero.
Thomas Sowell

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.
Thomas Sowell

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.
Thomas Sowell

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.
John Keats

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?
Bertrand Russell

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell

Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
Andy Rooney

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Alexis de Tocqueville