Realist Quotes
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
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Anyone who doesn`t believe in miracles isn`t a realist.
Billy Wilder
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Why are we born? We`re born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we`re born and we die? We`re born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.
Studs Terkel
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This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you`re facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.
Andrew Leventis
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I’m a realist, ... We don’t want to drag down the company. Most people I talked to are OK with paying for some of their health care. It’s not like we won’t have good coverage.
Michael Miller
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I was quite excited, but I was sure I wouldn`t win the race. I am a realist.
Jean Alesi
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I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I`m not an optimist. I`m a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.
Clay Aiken
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I have a lot of courage. I`m a realist.
Elisabeth Rohm
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I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to work within what are always arduous circumstances to stretch the limits of the possible.
Todd Gitlin
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In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the prom...
George W. Bush
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In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the prom...
George W. Bush
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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 undone in the short run determines the long run.
Adrian Williams
