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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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868 |
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AUTHOR:
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Sidney Justin Harris (1917–86) |
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QUOTATION:
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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 what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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SIDNEY J. HARRIS, in his column “Thoughts at Large,” for the Chicago Sun-Times. Reprinted in Ann Landers’s column, The Washington Post, November 12, 1979, p. B7. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Idealists |
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