"I'm a realist and I always have been."

-- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#Realist Quotes

“Actor of the low IQ, let's hear your view.”
“Like crime, terrorism is a fact of life. I grew up in Israel, where every unattended bag was a suspected bomb; when my family moved for a few years, it was to London in the early years of the Troubles.”

Source : "Manning and Snowden light path for the US to return to its better self" by Yochai Benkler, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2013.
“Those dull, unmusterious city unemployables, dressed in their grey, secondhand suits.”
“Where you are in life is exactly where you are supposed to be as a result of the things you have done up until that moment in time. To do anything else but accept your current situation would be crazy. The real thing to do is decide where you want to go, use both consistency and patience to get there and enjoy the ride. It is, after all, the path you have chosen in life.”
“Never reject an idea, dream or goal because it will be hard work. Success rarely comes without it.”
“You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy.”
“Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from pollution, stress, contaminated food and age-related diseases as our lifespans increase.”

Source : "TEDMED: Can Mushrooms Help the Immune System Fight Cancer? Interview With Paul Stamets, Mycologist". Interview with Patricia Fitzgerald, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 02, 2011.
“Saintliness is also a temptation.”

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