Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pe… - Norman Cousins

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Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

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Norman Cousins (June 24, 1915 - November 30, 1990) was an Adjunct Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of California and a prominent world federalist leader. He became executive editor (and then editor-in-chief) of the Saturday Review of Literature; under his leadership, circulation increased from 20,000 to 650,000. Cousins later served as President of the World Federalist Association.

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Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. - Norman Cousins

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