Real Quotes

I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.

Yehuda Amichai
- History
- House
- Political
I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.

Eric Lynn Wright
- Real
- Feel
- Learn

Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future.

G. M. Trevelyan
- Remember
- History
- True
It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. I suppose a combination of ambition, ego, and a real feeling that he could make a difference and could accomplish some things. All you ever had to do for Jimmy Carter was to tell him something was impossible, and he would usually do it.

Hamilton Jordan
- Why
- Feeling
- Question
There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.

D. H. Lawrence
- End
- Garden
- Morality
The barbed wire that encircled us like a wall did not fill us with real fear. In fact, we felt this was not a bad thing: we were entirely among ourselves. A small Jewish republic...

Elie Wiesel
- Bad
- Fear
- Small
I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.

Dalai Lama
- People
- Home
- Change
Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent delight in them are the growth of taste and knowledge.

William Hazlitt
- Art
- Artist
- Growth