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I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.

William Golding, British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993)

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Pessimist: the optimist who didn't arrive.

Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.

Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.

Woody Allen, American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)

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Believe. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted island, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

Helen Keller, deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar

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I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her.

Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.

The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is at hand now, and proceeds to create better times.

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