Realism has always been called cynicism.
It's just a classy appearance, with a touch of modern mingling with the realism of the paintings.
Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.
It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.
Nothing that surrounds us is object, all is subject.
What is admirable about the fantastic is that there is no longer anything fantastic: there is only the real.
You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.
Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.
Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods.
It reflects a realism that women are going to have to take more responsibility. It also said to us, we want to educate women, and work with them on long-term planning.