#real thing

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold. ↗

— Esther Forbes

#belief #believe #books #hold #i

All the real things in Russia are done in the villages. ↗

— Ernest Poole

#real #real things #russia #things #villages

When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky. ↗

— Rick Baker

#clear #death #died #end #happened

If you're going to buy pasta, you should buy dry pasta. If you're going to make it you can make the real thing, but you shouldn't buy fresh pasta. ↗

— Mario Batali

#dry #fresh #going #make #pasta

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.' ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#cross #dictators #gone #real #real thing

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing. ↗

— David Letterman

#because #behavior #believe #courage #courageous

No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#formats #get #great #how #instrumentation

My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#i #laugh #life #my life #my own

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#course #good #got #haven #i

I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things. ↗

— Chuck D.

#beware #i #i think #marketed #now