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• There are some flaws in the assumptions made for democracy. It is assumed that all men and women are equal or should be equal. Hence, one-man-one-vote. But is equality realistic? If it is not, to insist on equality must lead to regression.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Men, Democracy, Regression

  Lee Kuan Yew (2013). “The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew”, p.48, Editions Didier Millet

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• Virtual sex, no matter how realistic, was really nothing but glorified, computer-assisted masturbation.

  Ernest Cline

  Sex, Matter, Computer

  Ernest Cline (2011). “Ready Player One”, p.193, Random House

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• The man who will go where his colors go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in the jungle and mountain range, without counting, and who will suffer and die in the midst of incredible hardship, without complaint, is still what he has always been, from Imperial Rome to sceptered Britain to democratic America. He is the stuff of which legions are made. His pride is in his colors and his regiment, his training hard and thorough and coldly realistic, to fit him for what he must face and his obedience is to his orders. He has been called United States Marine.

  T. R. Fehrenbach

  Pride, Marine, Fighting

  T. R. Fehrenbach (2014). “This Kind of War: The Classic Military History of the Korean War”, p.482, Open Road Media

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• My only supporter and comrade-in-arms was Georg Helm, who had endeavored to formulate an energetic conception of science before me and had presented his results in a treatise [Die Lehre von der Energie] exhibiting great independence of thought. But we were separated by his aversion to a realistic conception of energy. Consequently, each of us considered the other only a half ally, toward whom an attitude of caution was necessary.

  Wilhelm Ostwald

  Attitude, Independence, Allies

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• One half of me is a hopeless romantic. The other half is well... just realistic.

  Faraaz Kazi

  Hopeless Romantic, Other Half, Wells

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• For if enough people were really convinced that growth should be halted, and if they acted on that conviction, then billions of others might be deprived of any realistic hope of gaining the opportunities now enjoyed by the more fortunate.

  Herman Kahn

  Opportunity, People, Growth

  Herman Kahn, William Morle Brown, Léon Martel (1976). “The next 200 years: a scenario for America and the world”, William Morrow & Company

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• I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.

  Zach Braff

  Real, Writing, Ideas

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• In fantasy stories we learn to understand the differences of others, we learn compassion for those things we cannot fathom, we learn the importance of keeping our sense of wonder. The strange worlds that exist in the pages of fantastic literature teach us a tolerance of other people and places and engender an openness toward new experience. Fantasy puts the world into perspective in a way that 'realistic' literature rarely does. It is not so much an escape from the here-and-now as an expansion of each reader's horizons.

  Jane Yolen

  Compassion, New Experiences, Differences

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• Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.

  Zhu Rongji

  Long, Hong Kong, Honest

  "China's hard sell in the mild, mild west". www.cnn.com. May 29, 2001.

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• Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry.

  Max Luthi

  Fairytale, Fairy Tale, Tales

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• Although many believe that technology automatically enables more realistic expression, I believe that is just not correct.

  Satoru Iwata

  Believe, Technology, Expression

  "Profile: Satoru Iwata". www.ign.com. July 16, 2004.

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• Those of us who work in this field see a developing potential for nearly a total control of human emotional status, mental functioning, and will to act. These human phenomena can be started, stopped or eliminated by the use of various types of chemical substances. What we can produce with our science now will affect the entire society." A "utopia" could be found - providing "a sense of stability and certainty, whether realistic or not.

  Nathan S. Kline

  Emotional, Use, Substance

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• Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

  Bob Woodward

  People, Leader, President

  Bob Woodward (2010). “Obama's Wars”, p.307, Simon and Schuster

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• I can do anything I set my mind to if I believe and am realistic.

  Aleks Paunovic

  Believe, Mind, Ifs

  "Watchtower Actor Aleks Paunovic: Getting out of his own way, and the importance of trying". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Counting the numbers of troops is not going to define our success here.There is no military success, ultimately, to Afghanistan. The Afghans themselves are going to define what happens here. And we have to convince ourselves that we have a strategy in place that empowers them to do that and that is realistic in what our expectations are from them and on what schedule.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Military, Numbers, Expectations

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.

  Manuel Puig

  Long, Stories, Literature

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• When you think about it there's never really been a realistic exposition of Hollywood, I mean - from the inside - showing Hollywood what it can do, what it has done, to people.

  Jessica Lange

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "New Again: Jessica Lange". Interview with Bob Colacello, Andy Warhol, Robert Hayes, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 29, 2016.

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• There's really no way to break that chain - other than winning the lottery. There's no realistic way to end generational poverty other than to actually educate people so that they can get the jobs, so that people can be self-sufficient. And to be self-sufficient around careers - not just jobs, but careers.

  Soledad O'Brien

  Winning, People, Poverty

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• Baseball is actually interesting, I don't find me to be that interesting. But I am realistic enough to understand it's not about me, it's about the fact that I'm speaking for the game and people care so deeply about the game that they're watching to make sure that you do the right thing. And I feel a real responsibility to try to do the right thing as a result.

  Rob Manfred

  Baseball, Real, Responsibility

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• But while I'm realistic about our challenges, I'm optimistic about our future. There are a few things, and if we do them, we're going to have the greatest era in our history. And I have detailed what those things are specifically.

  Marco Rubio

  Optimistic, Challenges, Eras

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• You have to have a balance and understand that as much as you would like to have absolute control over everything, it's just not realistic.

  Khoi Vinh

  Balance, Absolutes

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 3, 2010.

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• I think it's quite common and realistic. There are many stories like this [in Waitress]. [Jenna, my character] marriage looks really horrible up on the screen but I think there are a lot of people in bad relationships who wake up and think to themselves: "Wow, how did I end up here? Why am I still here and so unhappy and not satisfied with my life?"

  Keri Russell

  Character, Bad Relationship, Thinking

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I tell you, my fellow Americans, that if we learned anything from the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the governments in Eastern Europe, even a totally controlled society cannot resist the winds of change that economics and technology and information flow have imposed in this world of ours. That is not an option. Our only realistic option is to embrace these changes and create the jobs of tomorrow.

  William J. Clinton

  Wall, Fall, Technology

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your ability.

  Mary J. Blige

  Believe, People, Inspired

  Source: www.artistdirect.com

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• That's the kind of visual that you're trying to attract - something that in some way or another, connects you to what's happening there in a realistic way.

  Frank Luntz

  Trying, Way, Kind

  "Frank Luntz: How To 'Win' With Smart Messaging". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www-s4.npr.org. March 8, 2011.

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