#actual life

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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And Robert Lowell, of course - in his poems, we're not located in his actual life. We're located more in the externals, in the journalistic facts of his life. ↗

— Mark Strand

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I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film. ↗

— Norman McLaren

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In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith. ↗

— August Wilhelm von Schlegel

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In actual life I am a grumpy old bag. ↗

— Dawn French

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I've managed to keep my career going in a way that suits me. I'll perform, and then I'll go home to my actual life, and I've never been so visible. ↗

— Debbie Gibson

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I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life. ↗

— Lauren Graham

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