Optimistic Quotes - Page 27

• I remain optimistic that ultimately free speech and a free press where individuals have access to the dialogue will have a self-correcting quality.

  Al Gore

  Self, Quality, Speech

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Yes, and the body has a memory. The physical carriage hauls more than its weight. The body is the threshold across which each objectionable call passes into consciousness—all the unintimidated, unblinking, and unflappable resilience does not erase the moments lived through, even as we are eternally stupid or everlastingly optimistic, so ready to be inside, among, a part of the games.

  Claudia Rankine

  Memories, Stupid, Games

  Claudia Rankine (2014). “Citizen: An American Lyric”, p.29, Macmillan

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• I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.

  Mike Judge

  Real, Thinking, Pessimistic

  Source: www.slashfilm.com

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• I always try to be optimistic, but not to the point where I'm getting on people's nerves.

  Nick Cannon

  People, Trying, Nerves

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• Choosing to associate with positive, optimistic people will accelerate our positive growth.

  Dan Miller

  Motivational, People, Growth

  Dan Miller, Jared Angaza (2012). “Wisdom Meets Passion: When Generations Collide and Collaborate”, p.173, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It is a remarkable thing that some of the most optimistic and enthusiastic people you will meet are those who have been through intense suffering.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  People, Suffering, Intense

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2012). “Looking Up When Life Gets You Down”, p.61, Baker Books

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• I'm insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out.

  Richard Jefferson

  Work Out, Odd, Reason

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• I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.

  Natan Sharansky

  Easter, Peace, Believe

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• I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction.

  David Eddings

  Fiction, Opinion, Popularity

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• I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

  Peter Mandelson

  Opportunity, Vision, Generations

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• We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.

  Tom Lantos

  Fashion, Cautious, Be Cautious

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• It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's demand for health. Being healthy goes beyond 'not being sick' (where all lab reports indicate health), to feeling optimistic, energetic, strong and happy with their bodies. Teaching them to take charge of their bodies is a job of coaching. Help them gain discipline in conditioning, nutrition and attitude/emotional control.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Strong, Jobs

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• The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Play, Complaining

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• I'm completely optimistic - I know the end is coming!

  Lydia Lunch

  Lunch, Ends, Knows

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• As a parent, I want my kids to have an optimistic outlook, and one that has hope, and that makes sense, where good does triumph over evil and it's not cynical, and it's not snarky.

  Dee Bradley Baker

  Kids, Evil, Cynical

  "5 Force-Full Questions: Dee Bradley Baker at Star Wars Celebration VI". Interview with John Booth, www.wired.com. September 23, 2012.

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• We respect the role of the Senate. We respect the authority of the Senate to look at the qualifications of Judge Roberts, and at the end of the day I'm optimistic that if given a fair hearing and a fair opportunity, that he will be confirmed.

  Alberto Gonzales

  Opportunity, Judging, The End Of The Day

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• I can't be optimistic. I can be hopeful.

  Fay Vincent

  Hopeful, Being Optimistic, I Can

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• I'm optimistic about Turkey's prospects for reaching the E.U.'s standards of development, governance, and democracy, whether inside or outside the E.U. Provided you have a prosperous, rational society in Turkey that can interact with Europe and the West, I don't really care what kind of institutional arrangement you have. The point to make about Turkey and Europe is that it's a very long, drawn-out process. What's important is that the process not be stopped, that Turkey and Europe evolve in the right direction, on a path of convergence. Convergence is the name of the game.

  Andrew Mango

  Long, Democracy, Important

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• The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Motivational, Encouragement

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• Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have no time for the pitiful.

  Sean O Faolain

  Gay, Kind, Pessimist

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• So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Trying, Looks, Sides

  P. G. Wodehouse (1966). “Uncle Dynamite”, Penguin Group USA

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• What choices are you making in your perception of the events around you? We choose how we view our times. There is a pinch of pessimism in our culture now. Counter it with small acts of optimism. Pick up a piece of litter that isn't yours. Show some extra grace on the freeway. Give to your food bank. Smile at a child who is in your way. Help someone you know. Help someone you don't know. The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts of grace. What's your choice?

  Jennifer James

  Children, Views, Small Acts

  Jennifer James (1986). “Success Is the Quality of Your Journey”, William Morrow Paperbacks

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• I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Thinking, Literature, Dangerous

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  If this is just the beginning, my life's gonna be beautiful.

  Dean Martin

  Beautiful, Ifs

  Song: Ain't That A Kick In The Head

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• It is a dear and lovely disposition, and a most valuable one, that can brush away indignities and discourtesies and seek and find the pleasanter features of an experience.

  Mark Twain

  Lovely, Disposition, Brushes

  Mark Twain (2010). “Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review”, p.62, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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