"The basis of optimism is sheer terror...." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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“I’m not going to say a damn word about it being tough; I’m having the best time of my life!”
“In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I'm very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.”
“What I'm most excited about is that there's an openness to a shift, and I do think that there's a shift happening.”
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“Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear - I fear greatly - the storm will not pass. It will rage and it will roar, even more loudly, even more widely.”
“We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.”
“Wicked men obey out of fear. good men, out of love”