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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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I'm pretty much a realist, but we are going to give it our best. I never thought I'd be here. We're going to have a blast.

Frank Kimmel
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I'm a realist in the fact it's going to be loud and communication is going to be an issue. But I'm not going into the game saying it's a disadvantage for us. Besides, a fast start will take the air out of the crowd.

John Wade
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Someone once asked me whether I am an idealist or a dreamer. I'm neither. I consider myself an optimistic realist. I see reality, but I give it the benefit of the doubt.

Kate Miller
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The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

Eric Hoffer
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One thing (Bears general manager) Jerry Angelo told me when I was hobbling around on crutches -- and he's a realist -- is he said we're deep on the defensive line.

Darrell Campbell
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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.

Sydney J. Harris
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World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the dream of the romantic. Yet it is folly to the realist and a lie to the innocent.

Don Williams, Jr
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Connolly was a realist, Pearse the direct opposite, ... through hell had such action been necessary. But I honestly doubt very much if I would have followed Pearse not without some thought anyway.

Michael Collins
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You are not a realist unless you believe in miracles.

Anwar Sadat
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My images come out of books. I'm a realist, and I'll never forget Ed helping me learn shading techniques.

Clayton Allen
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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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A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.

Arthur Symons
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I am not pessimistic or optimistic but I am realist about trying to get support from colleagues to the bill.

Joseph Crowley
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We like to keep a variety, different styles, although realist Nevada is what we're known for.

Cheryln Bennett
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I'm a realist. I don't think they're going to open up ESPN the next day with my story.

Jeff Feagles
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He is definitely a realist and he is a very, very, very intelligent guy. He probably is head and shoulders above most politicians in that respect.

David Kimche
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If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist.

John Barth
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B.W. was kind of an interesting man. He was a realist. He had to make a cotton crop and go on. He became a state senator and was involved in Reconstruction. He was involved in the (Gov. Francis T.) Nicholls government and in the fight against the lottery.

Jimmy Marston
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I think there's a limit to how far the Bush administration will fight on any of these topics. Karl Rove, the President's political advisor, is a realist.

Charles Gabriel
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In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.

David Ben gurion
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