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In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little. — Michel Houellebecq
Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves… — Pope Francis
Any number of holier-than-thou honorable realists walk around in the belief that they have accomplished something, simply because they tell you for the hundredth time… — Edvard Munch
So-called 'realist' photography does not capture the 'what is.' Instead, it is preoccupied with what should not be, like the reality of suffering for example. — Jean Baudrillard
I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales and myths, magical… — Stanley Kubrick
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the… — Norman Vincent Peale
I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it's sad and smiles when it's… — Aretha Franklin
A strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly… — Guy Pearce
I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is. — Aretha Franklin
Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description, as science writers, but there are bad dreams as well as good dreams. We're… — William Gibson
People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are… — Mike Ditka
Realists do not fear the results of their study. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left… — Sydney J. Harris
My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger… — Katherine Heigl
I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low. — Tom Hiddleston
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. — Eric Hoffer
I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really. — James Earl Jones
I'm a realist and I always have been. — Jackie Joyner-Kersee
I'm a realist. Where I come from, 'phenomenons' don't exist. I'm from a land where people make mistakes and try again, harder, faster; where negativity… — Akshay Kumar
I am a mixture of idealist and realist. — Roger Moore
I don't think I'm morbid by nature. Serious writers have always written about serious subjects. Lighthearted material doesn't appeal to me, and I don't read… — Joyce Carol Oates
When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a… — Conor Oberst
In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the… — Bertrand Russell
I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling… — Octavia Spencer

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