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I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order no

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day. – Peter Ustinov

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Im convinced theres a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer. – Peter Ustinov

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Money is a tremendous advantage in just about everything, but in terms of reproduction, if youre a poor woman and you are infertile, its like too bad, so sad. And if you are a wealthy woman, you can kind of buy whatever you want. – Jennifer Weiner

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Everything takes me longer than I expect. Its the sad truth about life. – Donna Tartt

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A Bugs Life is a really funny movie and the characters have such different personalities. The movie is happy and then gets really sad and Im like, Whoa, Im feeling this way and this movie is about bugs! – Booboo Stewart

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