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Optimism Quote by Mark Twain

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“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.”

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Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.

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The late 1990s were really a moment of still tremendous hope and optimism about the relationship between Russia and the United States.

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Wherever I go I'm always wearing my smile.

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Oh, dear Hazel.” Aphrodite folded her fan. “Such optimism, yet you have heartrending days ahead of you. Of course war is coming. Love and…

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When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.

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“Hope is not mere optimism; rather, it is moving forward in anticipation of redemption in spite of the improbability of rescue.”

Dan B. Allender

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The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.

Henry David Thoreau

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I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

Antonio Gramsci

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“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create.”

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