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• An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run does not matter.
  A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run....
• The cynic says: the pessimist is a realist who isn't afraid to admit it.
• The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
  -- Eric Hoffe...
• CYNIC: Experienced.
• If a pessimist is always right, is he a realist?
• This is about as optimistic a realist can get....
• What this situation calls for is a righteous abuse of power. -- CJ Parkinso
• I used to be an idealist, but I got mugged by reality.
• A cynic is only a frustrated optimist.