It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.
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.
People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic.
The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.
I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.
I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.
Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic.
Pessimistic" is a word for "realistic" that optimists use to make themselves feel better (about their unrealisticness).
I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.
I tried to draw people more realistically, but the figure I neglected to update was myself.
Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.
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.
Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea.
Over 7 billion people in this world and a single reality? Not very realistic. Open your minds.
They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.
You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.
Be realistic with your expectations. I'd really like to cuddle a unicorn, but it aint going to happen.
