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Optimism doesnt wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism

Optimism doesnt wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. – Norman Cousins

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It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing. – Norman Cousins

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Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will. – Norman Cousins

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Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. – Elias Canetti

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I dont believe in pessimism. If something doesnt come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think its going to rain, it will. – Clint Eastwood

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The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality. – Heywood Broun

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It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. – Confucius

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