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“Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence.”

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Author:Cesar Pelli

“For liberals, the observation that 'the peasants are revolting' is a pun. For conservatives, it is cause for uncharacteristic optimism. No matter how far the ideological pendulum swings in the short term, in the end the bedrock common sense of the American people will prevail.”

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Author:Charles Krauthammer

“Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.”

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Author:Mason Cooley

“If we have optimism without empathy then it doesn't matter how much we master the secrets of science. We're not really solving problems, we're just working on puzzles.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or i'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.”

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Author:Rabindranath Tagore

“Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue. It is the unblinking acknowledgment of all that militates against hope, and the unrelenting refusal to despair. We have not the right to despair, and, finally, we have not the reason to despair”

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Book:The Best of

Source: The Best of

“The past doesn't change no matter how much time you spend thinking about it. Good and bad all add up to the whole. Take away one piece, no matter how small, and the whole changes. Whether it's optimism, pessimism or fatalism, I don't spend my time wishing for the past to be different so present would be different, too. I control my future with what I choose now.”

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Author:Megan Hart

“There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.”

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Author:Gloria Estefan

“The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.”

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Author:Edward Albee

“I feel the matter of my heart being transformed, metallized, in an optimism of steel.”

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Author:Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

“Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.”

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Author:Joan Rivers

“A flower's fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds us in vestigial ways of fertility, vigor, life-force, all the optimism, expectancy, and passionate bloom of youth. We inhale its ardent aroma and, no matter what our ages, we feel young and nubile in a world aflame with desire.”

Source: A Natural History of the Senses

“Optimism and pessimism are mere matters of optics, of how you look at things, and that can change from day to day, or with a new prescription for your glasses - or with a new set of ideological filters.”

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Book:Letters to a Young Catholic

Source: Letters to a Young Catholic

“Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake.”

“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”

“No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.”

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Author:Kirk Douglas

“No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests.”

Matter Interest Right Now Optimism No Matter What Unfolding

Author:Robin Sharma

“Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.”

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Author:James Branch Cabell