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• When we are angry we are blind to reality. Anger may bring us a temporary burst of energy, but that energy is blind and it blocks the part of our brain that distinguishes right from wrong. To deal with our problems, we need to be practical and realistic. If we are to be realistic, we need to use our human intelligence properly, which means we need a calm mind.

  Dalai Lama

  Block, Mean, Reality

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• You shouldn't been pressured into trying to be thin by the fashion industry, because they only want models that are like human mannequins. But you have to remember that it's not practical or possible for an everyday woman to look like that. Beinz size zero is a career in itself so we shouldn't try and be like them. It's not realistic and it's not healthy.

  Rihanna

  Beauty, Fashion, Zero

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• Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'We must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it.

  Brigid Brophy

  Fun, Mean, Compassion

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• I always like to look on the optimistic side of life.

  Walt Disney

  Uplifting, Gratitude, Moving Forward

  "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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• One of the saddest lines in the world is, 'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.

  Richard Nelson Bolles

  Horse, Adversity, Decision

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• Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to educate the heterosexual world. The oppressors maintain their position and evade their responsibility for their own actions. There is a constant drain of energy which might be better used in redefining ourselves and devising realistic scenarios for altering the present and constructing the future.

  Audre Lorde

  Women, Responsibility, Gay

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.115, Crossing Press

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• Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it's realistic or not.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Life, Passion

  "Get Inspired: Q&A with Deepak Chopra". Interview with Crystal Tate, www.womansday.com. December 11, 2009.

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• As soon as anyone starts telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation list.

  John Eliot

  Inspirational, Change, Happiness

  John Eliot (2006). “Overachievement: The New Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, Portfolio (Hardcover)

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• People will kill you over time, and how they'll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like 'be realistic.'

  Dylan Moran

  Encouragement, People, Comedian

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• I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.

  Brad Pitt

  Thinking, Goal, Would Be

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• It's what we live for, to be able to make great illusions. The thing about 'Entourage' is everything we do is realistic. We go to the real places, we shoot on location. We get the real people. It's a perfect marriage between fact and fiction.

  Adrian Grenier

  Real, People, Perfect

  "At 'Entourage' Season 7 premiere, life imitates art - witness Adrian Grenier's hair updated". latimesblogs.latimes.com. June 17, 2010.

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