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It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

#believe #chicago #conditions #could #europe

If we define optimism broadly as the tendency to maintain a positive outlook, then realistic optimism is the tendency to maintain a positive outlook within the constraints of the available "measurable phenomena situated in the physical and social world" (DeGrandpre, 2000, p. 733). With respect to fuzzy meaning, realistic optimism involves enhancing and focusing on the favorable aspects of our experiences. Examples include being lenient in our evaluation of past events, actively appreciating the positive aspects of our current situation, and routinely emphasizing possible opportunities for the future. With respect to fuzzy knowledge, realistic optimism involves hoping, aspiring, and searching for positive experiences while acknowledging what we do not know and accepting what we cannot know. ↗

— Sandra L. Schneider

#constraints #evaluation #opportunities #optimism #positivity

I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#always #certain #certain things #cradle #figure

Classicism becomes avant-garde when everyone else is doing their utmost to develop new stylistic forms. I think it's healthy to return to classical forms. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#becomes #classical #develop #doing #else

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#away #best #doing #exact #exact opposite

If we can by any method establish a relation of mutual trust between the laborer and the employer, we shall lay the foundation stone of a structure that will endure for all time. ↗

— Mark Hanna

#between #employer #endure #establish #foundation

I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks. ↗

— Pauline Hanson

#fair #fair share #had #her #here

The majority of Aboriginals do not want handouts because they realise that welfare is killing them. ↗

— Pauline Hanson

#handouts #killing #majority #realise #them

The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never. ↗

— Victor Davis Hanson

#appreciate #beneath #fact #far #freedom

Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow. ↗

— Saad Hariri

#always #bad #come #everything #father