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There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism. ↗

— Edward Steichen

#carry #earth #had #hadn #here

On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#created #each #explanation #gain #having

Ray is very secretive about his ideas - why not, the times that the Kinks have been ripped off, especially in the early years, it makes you a little bit cautious about telling anybody what you're doing. And that's understandable. ↗

— Dave Davies

#anybody #been #bit #cautious #doing

It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise the skills and techniques that you've been taught. ↗

— Lynn Davies

#been #eventually #initially #knowing #learn

After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why. ↗

— Ben Stein

#been #black #cannot #levels #man

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people. ↗

— Angela Davis

#attend #been #campaign #death #death penalty

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent. ↗

— Bette Davis

#child #hated #never #parent #you

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end. ↗

— Chili Davis

#end #games #had #hundred #i

I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays. ↗

— Eric Davis

#coming #everybody #first #going #hearing

At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty. On air, I think there's quite a bit more we can do. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bbc #been #bit #comes #goes