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title: "4 Hard Realities Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [It is inevitable that many ideas of the young mind will later have to give way to the hard realities of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-bloch/it-is-inevitable-that-many-ideas-of-the-young-mind-will-later-have-to/)

[Felix Bloch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-bloch/)

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> [“All around the world, the hard realities of a warming world are crashing up against the brutal logic of austerity, revealing just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-klein/all-around-the-world-the-hard-realities-of-a-warming-world-are/)

[Naomi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-klein/)

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> [Most people live with pleasant illusions, but leaders must deal with hard realities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orrin-woodward/most-people-live-with-pleasant-illusions-but-leaders-must-deal-with/)

[Orrin Woodward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orrin-woodward/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/orrin-woodward-1907_deals_most-people-live-with-pleasant-illusions_2613739.png)

> [The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-parker/the-things-nas-illmatic-was-saying-were-sometimes-hard-realities-but/)

[Erik Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/erik-parker-41220_done_the-things-nas-illmatic-was-saying-were_2904950.jpg)

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