realist
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At the end of the day, I am a realist; anything can flip a person’s switch from off to blackout rage.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
A greatest hits of humanity’s current fears forms the backdrop to a complex, woozy tale—mostly realist, with brief incursions into phantasmagoria—of doomerism and heartache, wealth and greed, art, transcendence and spiritual reckoning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Plagiarism claims against Arday were first made in July by Nathan Cofnas, a US academic and self-defined "race realist" whose research affiliation with a Cambridge college was terminated in 2024 amid racism accusations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Since day one of our evacuation, I have been a realist about the situation," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In all matters of consequence, General P. P. Peckem was, as he always remarked when he was about to criticize the work of some close associate publicly, a realist.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
That piece was built on quotes from loving realists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We are realists, but we are not worrywarts either,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026
The idealists absolutely should push the realists ever further.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
“I'm a realist. Who says realists can’t have an entourage of fairies?”
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025
Like the realists, we must insist that it is not so difficult to tell good science from bad, as long as you agree that knowledge should be carefully and systematically tested against experience.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941), List 2
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