Sentence examples for prefer the reality from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, who wouldn't prefer the reality of rewatching a Roeg classic than working their way through this mess of a book?

It's thought of as rather unglamorous, and commissioning editors much prefer the reality-TV version of the rest of the world, which sees it as a challenge course for Brits who want to "test themselves to the limits".

I prefer the echo to the reality".

As Sean O'Hagan noted in an Observer piece, "The trajectory of his life since [1973] is hazy and, one suspects, he plays down the semi-settled years, sensing correctly that his mainly young audience prefer the myth to the reality".

This is why I prefer the Andy Cohen Bravo model for reality over the ponderous Ryan Seacrest/Kris Jenner luxury gabfests.

The motivation that lies behind the writing of this dialogue is the desire to transform (or, at any rate, to improve) political life, not to escape from it (although it is acknowledged that the desire to escape is an honorable one: the best sort of rulers greatly prefer the contemplation of divine reality to the governance of the city).

I also read Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, and Arthur Clarke, as well, but I preferred the semi-reality and the landscapes of near-future settings to the far-out unknowns of The Foundation Trilogy and the novels.

Unfortunately, rather than explore this complex and multifaceted reality, many prefer the myth that would claim a single incident did it all.

In a perfect world, he'd move to Thailand with his girlfriend, where they'd subsist on papayas, mangoes and durians—"I prefer the exotic fruits"—but since reality rarely lives up to our dreams, he'll settle for Hawaii instead. .

Even when he was very young, Obama was scornful of, as he puts it, "people who preferred the dream to the reality, impotence to compromise".

Tingting is an undergraduate student currently looking at mouse tail modeling and dynamics (but in reality prefers the Tom half of Tom & Jerry).