"The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised."

Will, George F. on pessimism
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"Pessimism is as American as apple pie. Frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."

Will, George F. on pessimism   

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow."

Dean, James on dream
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"I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberators -- they fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?"

Streisand, Barbara on liberals
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"Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."

Vidal, Gore on voting
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"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation."

Buck, Pearl S. on youth
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"I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed."

Swift, Jonathan on shame
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"There is nothing so habit-forming as money."

Marquis, Don on money   

"Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much."

Lippmann, Walter on thoughts and thinking   

"Love does not just sit there, like a stone; it had to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new."

Guin, Ursula K. Le on love
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"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."

Ertz, Susan on immortality   

"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"

Beecher, Henry Ward on books - reading
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"Honest criticism is hard to take, especially from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger."

Jones, Franklin P. on criticism