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But on top of that, I also need realism.

This is a statement imbued with much realism and wisdom.

Realism tells us that for two years we have been making small advances.

What these paradoxical interpretations have in common is that they abandon realism, the doctrine that a physical world, existing in reality, accounts for all of our experience. Anti realism remains popular and appears in various guises in textbooks and popular accounts of quantum theory.

We now think that the realism we're achieving with this is good enough to be used in films.

Its Prosecutor is known throughout the world both for his courage and for his legal and political realism.

So he makes these interesting conversations about realism and mimicry and our drive to be fooled by great camouflage.

Only by acting with realism and taking account of the differences will we meet the challenges of the millennium.

We must, however, temper our ideals with a dose of realism, and prevent inaction from taking the place of action.

This is Alex Ross's comic book art, which appears to be extremely realistic, as part of his style is he gives you a kind of realism in his comic art.

Those who want to master the challenge of climate change now will reject such realism. But, as is often the case, those who insist on getting everything risk getting nothing.

CANBERRA When does acceptable diplomatic caution and realism become indefensible abdication of moral standards? Not everyone on the foreign policy frontline cares, but those who do often face deeply uncomfortable choices.

During its term of office Peru will favour consultations on the basis of its conviction that all States represented here can certainly seek an agreement based on constructive and responsible realism.

The reasons are more immediate than the intractable character of Middle East peace making. Even if Netanyahu is willing to bow to realism, some of his coalition partners might leave his government.

Their policies are remarkably similar to those of their predecessors their respect for democracy is full fledged and sincere. Their old school anti Americanism has been tempered by years of exile, realism, and resignation.

For example, Bush assigned a low priority to Kurds and Shia in Iraq, to dissidents in China, and to Bosnians in the former Yugoslavia. In that sense, Bush s realism set limits to his cosmopolitanism.

However, we cannot fail to recognize, in the context of the constructive realism to which I have referred, that despite the value of the food for thought document, it did not in the end achieve consensus.

Analysts judge a government leader s vision in terms of whether it creates a sensible balance between realism and risk, and whether it balances objectives with capabilities. Anyone can produce a wish list, but effective visions combine inspiration with feasibility.

The second idea is fiscal realism. Budgetary prudence is both desirable (unsustainable deficits owe their name to the fact that they cannot be sustained) and progressive (when things blow up, it is the poor and the vulnerable who suffer the most).

And, though Oscar did not anoint Leviathan, the film deserves all of the accolades it has received. Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev in an eerie style that one might call the realism of despair, the film is both epic and deeply nuanced.

The revolutions of 2011 are a historic opportunity for all Arabs. Making the most of it will require realism, courage, willingness to change, and a readiness to support change, particularly among those who have the greatest means to do so.

This diplomatic and economic realism is more than a reversal of the neo conservative muscle flexing of the George W. Bush years. It is an attempt by a declining power to use its restrained capabilities in a more economical way.

A noble dream just several years ago, the elimination of nuclear arms is no longer the idea only of populists and pacifists it has now been adopted by professionals politicians known for their realism and academics known for their sense of responsibility.

But the starting point for debate must be realism about the nature and severity of the problems facing the eurozone. If eurozone policy assumes that fixing the banks will fix the economy, the next ten years in Europe could look like the 1990s in Japan.

For Israel and its US supporters, this strategy has the seeming appeal of hardheaded realism. But attempting to formalize a fait accompli will most likely lead nowhere in the direction of lasting peace, for under such conditions, Palestinians would have no reason to abandon violence.

On the contrary, there remain lingering doubts about his gravitas, not to mention serious concerns about the realism or the wisdom of his program. But, unlike his former companion, Ségolène Royal, who challenged Sarkozy for the presidency in 2007, he looks and sounds real.

If European leaders do plan to meet in 2014 in Sarajevo, they should act now. The ratification of the Lisbon Treaty allows for an element of visionary realism in European politics, as there are no longer any institutional obstacles to the future enlargement of the EU.

But realism in international economic affairs requires accepting that official development assistance can help achieve the broad political objectives of stability and democracy only in the long run. The most reliable path to stable democracy is robust and equitable economic progress over an ample period of time.

As the world slowly moves from elation to sober realism, it is important to maintain a balanced view of what s happening and avoid the dual risks of underestimating the truly revolutionary nature of what took place and overestimating the ability of Obama s team to find miracle solutions.

But the recent report of the UN Secretary General s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change broke that rule. Sixteen political leaders and former diplomats combined principle with political realism to produce the most comprehensive proposals for change since the UN was created in 1945.

I called it Serious Nonsense because on the serious side, I use a technique of painstaking realism of editorial illustration from when I was a kid. I copied it and I never unlearned it it's the only style I know. And it's very kind of staid and formal.

It also is unlikely that American foreign policy will return to a narrow realism and drop all emphasis on democracy and human rights. While the Iraq War discredited the idea of coercive democratization, both Republicans and Democrats have a strong strand of idealism in their foreign policy orientations.

The new social contract for the first half of the twenty first century must be one that combines fiscal realism, significant room for individual preferences, and strong social solidarity and protection against shocks stemming from personal circumstances or a volatile economy. Many countries are taking steps in this direction.

When the EMP was re launched in 2008 under the newly established Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) to give it greater political emphasis, the result was an exercise in realism that further weakened the original EMP. And, for all its high flown language, the UfM is an empty shell.