When we went to the moon and realized that the Soviet Union had no realistic plans of getting to the moon, then we stopped going to the moon.
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.
I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever.
You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has a story that is unpredictable, that keeps people on the edge of their seat where they can't wait to see what happens next. You then populate that story with really memorable and appealing characters. And then, you put that story and those characters in a believable world, not realistic but believable for the story that you're telling.
There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays.
Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.
I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.
To be realistic, you have to believe in miracles.
The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.
Be realistic, demand the impossible!
I try to be realistic, listen to my body and know when to slow down.
The goals for Virginia lacrosse don't change a lot from year to year. We look at the lineup, start every year on Sept. 1 with the realistic goal to play at the end of the season, the very last game. This team has the talent to be able to do that.
Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
The vision must be realistic - it has to be based on clear distinctive competencies. Again, what would the world lose if you didn't exist? A vision is very powerful because it gives you a basis to judge every action you take. Every action should be viewed through the prism of whether it furthers the vision.
Put a higher value on yourself. Being hyper-realistic about everything is too simple a get-out.
I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.
Revolutionary realism tries to draw the maximum advantage from every situation - that is what makes it revolutionary - but at the same time it does not permit us to set ourselves fantastic aims - that is what makes it realistic.
Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic.
The more realistic US policy becomes, the better.
The loss of the religious understanding of the human condition—that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never fully attainable—is a loss, not a gain, in true sophistication. The secular substitute—the belief in the perfection of life on earth by the endless extension of a choice of pleasures—is not merely callow by comparison but much less realistic in its understanding of human nature.