"A realist is a slave to reality."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Realism, Truth, Power, Life

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"It may seem so easy to take it easy but, it is never so easy to take it easy."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Realism, Effort, Life, Challenges, Insight

"And our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Realism, Sense, Laughter, Life

"Cat can have kittens in the oven, girl, but that won't ever make em muffins."

Stephen King, American Author

Realism, Identity, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"A goodlookin horse is like a goodlookin woman, he said. They're always more trouble than what they're worth. What a man needs is just one that will get the job done."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Realism, Values, Relationship, Needs

"Their reality was far more interesting than any idealized version could possibly be."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

Realism, Reality, Authenticity, Complexity, Truth

"The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Realism, Nature, Fire, Values, Purpose

"In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown."

Mary Grandpre, American Illustrator

Realism, Wonder

"Ya got cigarettes? she asks. "Yes, I say,"I got cigarettes. "Matches? she asks."Enough to burn Rome. "Whiskey?"Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain. "You drunk? "Not yet."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Realism, Dialogue, Alcohol, Pain, Sorrow

"Realism can break a writer's heart."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Realism, Heartbreak, Truth, Emotion

"If I sound as if I'm always predicting ominous things, it's because I'm a pragmatist. I use deductive reasoning to generalize, and I suppose this sometimes ends up sounding like unlucky prophecies. You know why? Because reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. You have to only open a newspaper on any given day and weigh the good news versus the bad, and you'll see what I mean."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Realism, Reality, Pragmatism, Truth, Future

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"It may seem so easy to take it easy but, it is never so easy to take it easy."

"And our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter."

"Cat can have kittens in the oven, girl, but that won't ever make em muffins."

"A goodlookin horse is like a goodlookin woman, he said. They're always more trouble than what they're worth. What a man needs is just one that will get the job done."

"Their reality was far more interesting than any idealized version could possibly be."

"The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire."

"In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown."

"Ya got cigarettes? she asks. "Yes, I say,"I got cigarettes. "Matches? she asks."Enough to burn Rome. "Whiskey?"Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain. "You drunk? "Not yet."

"Realism can break a writer's heart."

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"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."

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"You can only be twice someone's age once."

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."