Realism Quotes

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. — Charlotte Bronte
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. — Jean Cocteau
Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does… — Tori Amos
Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everything is a dangerous drug except reality which is unendurable. — Cyril Connolly
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood — Fred Thompson
I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but of practical realism.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dialogue must appear realistic without being so. Actual realism-the lifting, as it were, of passages from a stenographer's take-down of a 'real life' conversation-would be… — Elizabeth Bowen
There's a level of realism you can only achieve through the imaginary. — Fumito Ueda
A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow. — John C. Maxwell
Obviously all religions get corrupted by man. The initial ideas are interesting but once they get organized they seem to become about politics and other… — Matt Dillon
The good thing about writing a true story is that you don't have to worry about giving an impression of realism. — Laurent Binet
Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism. — Wes Fesler
When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed. — Isaiah Berlin
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. — Socrates
Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else. — Hob Broun
Any first-order, substantive normative theory worth its salt will require attention to the mental states of agents in a variety of quite complex ways. But… — Russ Shafer-Landau
Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us to… — Price Pritchett
Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite — Crispin Glover
In its most fundamental sense, execution is a systematic way of exposing reality and acting on it. Most companies don't face reality very well. ...… — Lawrence Bossidy

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