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by Sydney J. Harris    ( comments )

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An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that more

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

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by Helen Keller    ( comments )

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I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as more

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble

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by Emma Goldman    ( comments )

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Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

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by Aldous Huxley    ( comments )

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Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

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by Henry Louis Mencken    ( comments )

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Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better more

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup

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by William F. Buckley, Jr.    ( comments )

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Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

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by D. H. Lawrence    ( comments )

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You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal more

You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.

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by Bob Geldof    ( comments )

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It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made more

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made giving exciting.

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by Jacques Barzun    ( comments )

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Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

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