Optimistic Quotes
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Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic. What fans are interested in is 'throwawayability': which teams toss away hard-earned leads? Now we know that 'throwawayability' exists because we proved last season that 'bouncebackability' exists (although, hilariously, Palace don't have it) and 'throw-awayability' is the flip side of it.
Daniel Finkelstein -
I am quite a cheerful, dark person. On the outside, I'm optimistic but I expect the worst to happen.
Meg Rosoff
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I'm a gay, undocumented immigrant; I have to be optimistic.
Jose Antonio Vargas -
I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual
Virginia Woolf -
I'm completely optimistic - I know the end is coming!
Lydia Lunch -
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
I am usually positive and optimistic. If I get stressed or some results are not so good, I let it go by thinking, 'Oh well, it can be better next time.' I don't worry a lot, and I'm not too serious about anything.
G-Dragon -
Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.
Mike Royko
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I guess the news is this: If you're a Republican and you smile, liberals don't like it. Maybe that's because Democrats are afraid that I've been able to show an optimistic vision for this country.
Cory Gardner -
I write about unrequited love in a very optimistic way.
Christine McVie Fleetwood Mac -
I find that moving keeps me optimistic, the idea of what's going to be down the road a bit or around the next bend.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes -
Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.
William McDonough -
We are very optimistic about our opportunities in China. Our toothbrushes continue to sell very well, while the growth of private hospitals diminishes the risk of government preferring domestic suppliers.
Frans van Houten -
I was born optimistic...I was laughing from the beginning of my life.
Alice Herz-Sommer
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Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others.
David J. Schwartz -
You just don't want your child to ever feel like they have less of an opportunity to succeed based on the circumstances in which they were born. I try to be optimistic about everything. There are no victims in my home.
Nia Long -
For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required.
John C. Reilly -
I always call myself either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist - I'm not sure which way it goes.
Nathan Englander -
Read enough about the dung beetle, and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining.
Elif Batuman -
The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
William Arthur Ward
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In life and in business, you need to be good-hearted and trustworthy, and to have integrity. This is the way to build long-term relationships. It is also important to be optimistic and to look at challenges as opportunities.
Henry Sy -
He has held me when I have had no more strength and have wondered how I would ever make it. He has held me when I have felt defeated by all that I had to do. When I have run to my El Shaddai, I have never come away wanting. He is my all-sufficient One. O Beloved, do you understand? Have you experienced Him as your El Shaddai? If not, He is waiting - arms opened wide - for you.
Kay Arthur -
Ultimately, I remain optimistic about not just America's future, but the direction that the world is growing.
Barack Obama -
I'm much more optimistic about the future than I probably was.
Norman Pearlstine