Famous quotes containing the words real, valued and/or function:
“I’m not making light of prayers here, but of so-called school prayer, which bears as much resemblance to real spiritual experience as that freeze-dried astronaut food bears to a nice standing rib roast. From what I remember of praying in school, it was almost an insult to God, a rote exercise in moving your mouth while daydreaming or checking out the cutest boy in the seventh grade that was a far, far cry from soul-searching.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“Even the hatred
in a man
who’s valued for his learning
is desirable,
but I’m shamed
by even love
in a person
who’s reviled by others.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“The function of the actor is to make the audience imagine for the moment that real things are happening to real people.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)