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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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I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. – Peter Ustinov

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Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what theyre thinking, if theyre happy or sad. Thats what I tried to do with Barney. – Don Knotts

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Falling in love is awesome, but Im never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and youre happily in love, its like, OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good. – Miranda Lambert

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Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents dont realize what messages they are sending. – Virginia Satir

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He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad. – Voltaire

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We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly let him rejoice. – Pope Paul VI

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Nobody speaks the truth when theres something they must have. – Elizabeth Bowen

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To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy. – Cus DAmato

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True freedom is the capacity for acting according to ones true character, to be altogether ones self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. – Corliss Lamont

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