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Pessimism Quotes
"Our worst misfortunes never happen and most miseries lie in anticipation"
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Honore de Balzac
"One has to have the courage of one's pessimism"
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Ian McEwan
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."
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William Arthur Ward
"You're on earth. There's no cure for that."
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Samuel Beckett
"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself"
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Golda Meir
"I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched"
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Jonah Hill
"I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring"
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richard feynman
"People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone"
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Jose Saramago
"Reality continues to ruin my life"
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Bill Watterson
"I am an optimist, even though I am not daunted by the contradictions and the nightmare future that is emerging."
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Alice Walker
"There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist"
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Mark Twain
"When you feel that something will happen in the worst way but it does anyway, that's kind of the story of my whole life"
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Lana Del Rey
"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."
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Bill Vaughan
"Yesterday I was a dog Today I'm a dog Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement"
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Bil Keane
"The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts "
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Alain de Botton
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