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'Realistic dreamer' is not an oxymoron. -- Vanna Bonta
Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it's realistic or not. -- Deepak Chopra
Realistic' is a loaded word for me. Anyone who uses the word 'realistic' is all bad. -- David R. Brower
People will kill you over time, and how they'll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like 'be realistic.' -- Dylan Moran
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes. -- Bill Crawford
Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art. -- Clement Greenberg
Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a ruse. -- John Crowley
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. -- Walt Disney
Realistic thinking is based on what others think is possible-but they are not you and have no way of knowing your potential and purposes -- Grant Cardone
You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. -- Teri Garr
Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work. -- Jim Harbaugh
Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible. -- Jonah Hill
I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals. -- Brad Pitt
As soon as anyone starts telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation list. -- John Eliot
If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad. -- Mary McCarthy
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world. -- Kofi Annan
I like to mumble when I act, 'cause I think it's more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a Mexican gangster. -- David Arquette
Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake. -- Edward Dahlberg
Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'We must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it. -- Brigid Brophy
Rhetoric is rooted in an essential function of language itself, a function that is wholly realistic and continually born anew: the use of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation in beings that by nature respond to symbols. -- Kenneth Burke
It's what we live for, to be able to make great illusions. The thing about 'Entourage' is everything we do is realistic. We go to the real places, we shoot on location. We get the real people. It's a perfect marriage between fact and fiction. -- Adrian Grenier
We are sliding back into a dark era, and there seems little we can do about it. I am profoundly depressed at just how difficult it has become merely to get a realistic conversation started on issues such as climate change or genetically modified organisms. -- Nina Fedoroff
One of the saddest lines in the world is, 'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride. -- Richard Nelson Bolles
There is no such thing as realistic dialogue. If you [simply recorded] the real conversation of any people and played it back from the stage, it would be impossible to listen to. It would be redundant . . . . The good dialogue writer is the one who can give you the impression of real speech. -- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
You shouldn't been pressured into trying to be thin by the fashion industry, because they only want models that are like human mannequins. But you have to remember that it's not practical or possible for an everyday woman to look like that. Beinz size zero is a career in itself so we shouldn't try and be like them. It's not realistic and it's not healthy. -- Rihanna
Look at what realists have done for us. They have led us to war and climate change, poverty on an unimaginable scale, and wholesale ecological destruction. Half of humanity goes to bed hungry because of all the realistic leaders in the world. I tell people who call me 'unrealistic' to show me what their realism has done. Realism is an outdated, overplayed and wholly exaggerated concept. -- Satish Kumar
When we are angry we are blind to reality. Anger may bring us a temporary burst of energy, but that energy is blind and it blocks the part of our brain that distinguishes right from wrong. To deal with our problems, we need to be practical and realistic. If we are to be realistic, we need to use our human intelligence properly, which means we need a calm mind. -- Dalai Lama
I have very weirdly realistic dreams where it could be real life, except it's not. -- Nat Wolff
I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at. -- Victoria Beckham
Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real. -- Federico Fellini
Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. -- Jurgen Habermas
You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is. -- Dean Kamen
The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage. -- Amitabh Bachchan
SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete. -- Elon Musk
Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish. -- Thurgood Marshall
Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent. -- Sharon Tate
Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life. -- Marilu Henner
Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation. -- Mitch McConnell
Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil - of letting people destroy themselves while I watched, just so I could film them and tape-record them. But I didn't think of myself as evil - just realistic. -- Andy Warhol
I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be. -- Otis Williams
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 it. I think I'm a realist, with a realistic sensibility of history and the tragedy of history. -- Joyce Carol Oates
I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives. -- Stephen Harper
It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic. -- Rachel Zoe
I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic. -- Studs Terkel
When I was fighting, I would look to excite the crowds with a bolo punch or something taunting. Looking back, they were legal - but not sportsmanlike. I don't recommend another boxer try them. But we looked more to make the robot fights dramatic first and realistic second. -- Sugar Ray Leonard
We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals. -- Oliver North
The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the reality that all progress is going to be obstructed by vested interests and corrupted by human venality can we create realistic programmes that actually have a chance of success. -- Julian Baggini
Cognitive therapy is based on the idea that when you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel and behave. In other words, if we can learn to think about other people in a more positive and realistic way, it will be far easier to resolve conflicts and develop rewarding personal and professional relationships. -- David D. Burns
I'm always being realistic. -- Stefan Edberg
Be realistic, demand the impossible! -- Che Guevara
You've got to be realistic. -- Patrick Rafter
I'm very practical and realistic. -- Debby Ryan
Be realistic: always wish the impossible. -- Paulo Coelho
Be realistic: Go for the impossible! -- Paulo Coelho
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle -- Rajneesh
Be realistic: Plan for a miracle -- Rajneesh
The Super Bowl is a realistic goal. -- Drew Brees
Let's be realistic. Let's do the impossible! -- Che Guevara
I believe politicians should always remain realistic. -- Eduard Shevardnadze
Goals have to be realistic and flexible. -- Shannon Miller
Usually most characters I play are quite realistic. -- Virginie LeDoyen
I try to be as realistic as possible. -- Jay Ellis
We should always be practical, realistic and optimistic. -- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
People must be realistic when evaluating their business. -- Kevin Harrington
I am realistic â?? I expect miracles. -- Wayne Dyer
Anybody who pretends to be objective isn't realistic. -- William Klein
If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets. -- Peter Davison
Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity -- Will Smith
The more realistic US policy becomes, the better. -- Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium. -- James Denton
Dreams that are realistic, often come out of fantasies. -- Mike Vance
Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic. -- Tim Ferriss
To be realistic, you have to believe in miracles. -- David Ben-Gurion
No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection. -- Saul Bellow
I describe in a realistic form a nonrealistic Reality. -- Fernando Botero
the only realistic choice is to follow your dreams -- Ricky Yousuf
You are not realistic unless you believe in miracles! -- Carlos Santana
The Wire' is very realistic and based on real events. -- Michael K. Williams
I'm competitive, but that doesn't stop me from being realistic. -- Jacques Villeneuve
The New Look of Batman is more illustrative and realistic. -- Bob Kane
I'm a pretty skeptical person, and I'm a realistic person. -- Evangeline Lilly
Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocracy -- Will Smith
The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic. -- Pierre Corneille
Think proactively and dynamically. Be realistic, but set your sights high. -- Lorii Myers
I just really like seeing mundane stuff in movies. It's realistic. -- Ti West
Happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations... -- Dave Barry
Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic. -- Jenson Button
I like to set realistic goals for myself, not outrageous ones. -- Evan Longoria
I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view. -- Joe Namath
Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic. -- Samuel Fuller
'Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic. -- Jenson Button
believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic. -- Seth Godin
People have to be realistic, or the dream just drags on. -- Adam Carolla
Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic. -- Tullian Tchividjian
A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality. -- Lasse Hallstrom
I would rather be part of something that is entertaining than realistic. -- Justin Kirk
Economics never was a dismal science. I should be a realistic science. -- Paul Samuelson
Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation. -- Prince Philip
There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about. -- Chaka Khan
We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue. -- Hayden Fry
Veep is the best and most realistic political TV show out there. -- Christopher Michael Cillizza
In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic. -- Tara Strong
I love tiny, plastic realistic food magnets. I don't know why. They're hilarious. -- Amy Lee
There is an automatic assumption that negative is realistic and positive is unrealistic. -- Susan Jeffers
It is far easier to debate about realistic painting than to paint one. -- Igor Babailov
Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
Virtual sex, no matter how realistic, was really nothing but glorified, computer-assisted masturbation. -- Ernest Cline
Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team -- Mike Krzyzewski
The human emotions are worthy of nothing when our existence has no realistic value. -- M.F. Moonzajer
Pixar films are not realistic. They are believable for the worlds we are creating. -- John Lasseter
We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic. -- Susan Jeffers
There is no greater path to mediocrity in life than trying to be realistic. -- Sean Plott
You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it. -- Clint Eastwood
One half of me is a hopeless romantic. The other half is welljust realistic. -- Faraaz Kazi
The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. -- Golda Meir
I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic. -- Peter Drucker
We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy. -- Ruben Hinojosa
Put a higher value on yourself. Being hyper-realistic about everything is too simple a get-out. -- J. G. Ballard
I try to be realistic, listen to my body and know when to slow down. -- Christie Rampone

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