I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist. — Morgan Spurlock Copy Share Image
I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
I'm a realist. I like to put it in business terms. I ran three different corporations my way and I was successful.… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
“I know I'm not going to be in your head all the time. But once you know me, I'll be forever in… — Crystal Woods Copy Share Image
First, I was an idealist (that was early - fools are born, not made, you know); next I was a realist; now… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
On the left is the realist tradition of the 19th century, with its impulse to social description, radical criticism and meditation on… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of… — Donald Harington Copy Share Image
Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die?… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“I am whatever I need to be to survive. Roles are as interchangeable as clothes and there are enough fools out there… — Belart Wright Copy Share Image
In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little. — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of people in this world. The realists and the dreamers. The realists know where they are going… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
I have been called romantic. Well, that can't be helped. But stay. I seem to remember that I have been called a… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. That which the droning world, chained to appearances,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I think of myself as writing realist American fiction. 'Cynical but hopeful' wouldn't be the worst thing I've ever been called. — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Even though I'm a realist, I try to let the medium show and allow it a certain degree of freedom. — William C. Wright Copy Share Image
A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
[ 'American Dream' ] probably will [go] somewhere in Europe. You get 3000 entries [to] Sundance, and how many movies get [screened]?… — Janusz Kaminski Copy Share Image
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