#realist

Keep burning the flame of discontent within you until you get the joy of satisfaction. ↗

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

#philosophy-of-life #realistic #life

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 word. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#ambiguities #avoided #been #experience #idealism

I hate to admit that. I want to win every race, but I know that's not possible. To be in the top 25 is realistic if we have any luck this year. But anything to be in the chase or something like that is very unrealistic. ↗

— Roger Staubach

#any #anything #chase #every #hate

I was really exposed to great old-time literature - the classics, the poetic realists like Strindberg and Ibsen and all those guys. I was really inspired by all those guys. That's when writing became a primary focus. ↗

— Kurt Sutter

#classics #exposed #focus #great #guys

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

#count #cynic #determines #done #idealist

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#being #eternal #i #low #pretty

Usually most characters I play are quite realistic. ↗

— Virginie LeDoyen

#i #most #play #quite #realistic

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to achieve advances that so-called realists would have you believe could never come to fruition. ↗

— Alisa Steinberg

#optimism #realists #courage