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> [Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ehud-olmert/growing-up-in-israel-how-can-i-not-be-an-optimist-when-you-remember/)

[Ehud Olmert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ehud-olmert/)

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> [“With so many generous friends and family members from so many places for so many years, how could I not still be an optimist? Thomas”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/with-so-many-generous-friends-and-family-members-from-so-many-places/)

[Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/)

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