Mass entertainment in America has been dominated for a long time by the mode of documentary realism. — David Riesman Copy Share Image
Lists are based on realism - on the coldly contemplated finitude of resources. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
Reality, whether approached imaginatively or empirically, remains a surface, hermetic. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
“She could just pack up and leave, but she does not visualize what's beyond ahead.” — Núria Añó Copy Share Image
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
We're looking for a certain kind of realism or naturalism, and we go about it in different ways, but I think we're… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
Some of us might be categorized as the one they settled for. But what we know is that we are the ones… — NyPm0 J Copy Share Image
Black Realism or cosmopolitan black politician is a code word to say this is a black person that is not tied to… — Michael C Dawson Copy Share Image
True realism, materialist realism lies in the search for the expression of forms faithful to their content. But there is no content… — Asger Jorn Copy Share Image
I always considered Ray Harryhausen's work so fine that it was way out of my league: in terms of realism and naturalism,… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
The monster I kill every day is the monster of realism. The monster who attacks me every day is destruction. Out of… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
“A stout, middle-aged man, with enormous owl-eyed spectacles, was sitting somewhat drunk on the edge of a great table, staring with unsteady… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
We're capable of understanding that someone has to drop an atomic bomb on a town of innocent civilians, but not that others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A crude age. Peace is stabilized with cannon and bombers, humanity with concentration camps and pogroms. We're living in a time when… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
There's no social realism in 'Tyrannosaur.' It's not about the social landscape or the political landscape or any of that. It's just… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
“The message from too many Democrats and Republicans alike remains that we should not let facts get in the way of our… — John Hulsman Copy Share Image
I hope you understand my foolish love for you which made me wish to always stay longer, just a little longer at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Spirituality isn't some quaint stepchild of an intelligent worldview, or the only option for those of us not smart enough to understand… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“The threats that resurfaced in the past 10 years were not an aberration. Al Qaeda and terrorism or one such threat, but… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“When you're in the middle of a killing field and the fucking Chooser of the Slain tells you to do something, you… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“One of the great beauties of politics as an art form was its lack of restriction to merely standard forms of realism.” — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
Never Judge Someone By Whom The Person Is. Remember, Every Saint Has A Past, Every Sinner Has a Future... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
You can work well with people that you may not get on well with in life because it's a parallel realism. — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
“Those novels with old-fashioned heroes and heroines in them -- are ruinous!” — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
If You Become Too Sentimental It Is Hard To Lead A Life, And If You Become Too Practical It Is Hard To… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The solemn pledge to abstain from telling the truth was called socialist realism. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. — Claude McKay Copy Share Image
“Don’t be proud of only liking realism. It is like being proud of not having an imagination.” — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
It's always judged on funny first, then the facts, and the realism, and the points that you're trying to make. — Jordan Klepper Copy Share Image
I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing. — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
