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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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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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President Bush spent last night calling world leaders to support the war with Iraq and it is sad when the most powerful man on earth is yelling, I know youre there, pick up, pick up. – Craig Kilborn

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I like to express certain things that happen in my life, the joy of spring, the birds singing and young babies coming into the world. You know, the whole thing as well as the part Im not happy with, the sad part. – Roy Haynes

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I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the war there, and found that to be a very very sad situation. – Gerald Scarfe

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Now Ill read anytime, anywhere. I love reading in front of the space heater. Isnt that a sad confession? But its like my substitute for the roaring fireplace of yore. – Karen Russell

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During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground. – Fareed Zakaria

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The last of human freedoms – the ability to chose ones attitude in a given set of circumstances. – Viktor E. Frankl

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