The pessimist complains about the wind; The optimist expects it to change; The realist adjusts the sails. From LearnThat.org. [William Arthur Ward]
I feel a cynic is what they call a realist — you know what I mean?. From Wordnik.com. [Reconstructing Woody] Reference
He is known as a "realist" on U.S. foreign policy. From Wordnik.com. [Gates: US Help for Mideast Activists Tempered by Security Interests] Reference
This is bad in realist terms because it warps the fictive universe. From Wordnik.com. [Bukiet on Brooklyn Books] Reference
A realist is merely realistic about one more theory than a rightist. From Wordnik.com. [Human rights and Saudi princes] Reference
Let's not allow the short-term realist thinking of the past to derail. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
If a neocon is supposed to be a progressive mugged by reality, what should we call a realist mugged by necon idealism?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Neoconservatism a “Jewish” Movement?:] Reference
I suppose I was a realist from the point of view of having several practice novels in my bottom drawer as most people do. From Wordnik.com. [An interview with Michael Robotham] Reference
The reality for this realist is that, as a goalkeeper, you are never far removed from having all of the wheels come off at once. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - U.S. keeper thrust into spotlight at World Cup] Reference
I seem to remember that I have been called a realist also. From Wordnik.com. [Some Reminiscences] Reference
I seem to remember that I have been called a realist, also. From Wordnik.com. [A Personal Record] Reference
I’m by nature an optimist, so realist is the closest I get to pessemistic me. From Wordnik.com. [Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Expectations] Reference
If there is nonrealist fiction, there must then be something called realist fiction. From Wordnik.com. ["Nonrealist Fiction"] Reference
Zola has been dubbed a realist, but he is, on the contrary, the very head of the romanticists. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Norris] Reference
This is also the strategic background to the re-emergence of the so-called realist faction in US policy. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Gore To Bush On Iraq: It’s Not About You] Reference
Mr. Trollope has learned much in what is called the realist school; but he has not taken lessons in psychology. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864] Reference
The so-called realist school in which President Obama is a member does not mention democracy or the pursuit of freedom at all. From Wordnik.com. [Hip Hop Republican] Reference
You know, he comes from the so-called realist school of national security thinking, which is the opposite of the touchy-feely school. From Wordnik.com. [Pentagon Blasts Leak Of Afghan Documents] Reference
I have the fancy that a realist is a good corrector of formalism, no matter how incapable of syllogism or continuous linked statement. From Wordnik.com. [The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II.] Reference
And what was his "realist" dad thinking up there on the dais?. From Wordnik.com. [The Inaugural Blog] Reference
So our author is a "realist" as regards the origin of fairies. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories] Reference
As Leach said, Obama is the genuine "realist" here. print share. From Wordnik.com. [GOPer Leach: Obama's The Genuine Foreign Policy "Realist" Here] Reference
And a "realist," as he refers to himself, knows that all too well. From Wordnik.com. [Kathleen Reardon: What The General Had To Say] Reference
A cerebral man, he has presented himself as a "realist" in foreign affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Afghan Struggle] Reference
Finally, the 'realist' approach tends to dismiss moral concerns from diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [Contents] Reference
He offered America a way out of the trap that opposes "realist" and "idealist" perspectives. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Biggers: Memo to Daily Beast's Peter Beinart: Sarah Palin is No George McGovern] Reference
Academics sometimes describe this approach as the 'realist' school of international relations. From Wordnik.com. [Contents] Reference
He proudly calls himself a "realist," which is true: there is no more cold-eyed man in politics. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Wave] Reference
Mouse clicks are the New Direct Actions, as any "realist" will tell you, PDF attachment included. From Wordnik.com. [Dennis Perrin: Nader's Right About Online Delusion] Reference
He seems to be a foreign-policy "realist" whose prescriptions (not all of which I buy) are ideologically eclectic. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Wright: The Real Roots of Suicide Bombing] Reference
That is Barack Obama's erstwhile appointment to head the NIC, Chas Freeman, another sophisticate in the "realist" mold. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Suinat said he was constantly asked if he was an optimist or pessimist in relation to Nepad, and answered he was a "realist". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
By Glenn Kessler PHUKET, Thailand -- In academic foreign-policy circles, there is the "realist" school and "moralist" school. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Hailed For Just Showing Up] Reference
In that first earlier coronation, "realist" pundits and cynical prognosticators decided the "Clinton machine" was unbeatable. From Wordnik.com. [Benjamin R. Barber: Will Democracy Survive the Pundits?] Reference
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's statement to the National People's Congress in March 2008 best reflects this "realist" perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Out Into the World] Reference
In fact, Mr. Bolton is, in many ways, a member of the same "realist" family as Colin Powell, Richard Armitage and Condoleezza Rice. From Wordnik.com. [Blunt Diplomacy] Reference
While many nations benefited from America's new-found hegemony, the U.S. was driven largely by "realist" selfish national interests. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Klarevas: Securing American Primacy While Tackling Climate Change: Toward a National Strategy of Greengemony] Reference
President Obama claims to be a "realist" about the Mideast, but his ambiguous policy about Israel and regional deterrence is anything but. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Abraham Cooper: Arab Countries Hedge Bets on American Nuclear Resolve] Reference
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