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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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Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information. – Peter Ustinov

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I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown. – Nathan Lane

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I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. Thats why they arent sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. Its such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too. – Jason Mraz

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The sad part about our past is that religions, ironically enough, are responsible for creating the most destructive idea that has ever been visited upon the human race: the idea that there is such a thing as better. – Neale Donald Walsch

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Im part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someones always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story. – Dierks Bentley

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