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I’d love to try to sell a blank white canvas to an art dealer. And when he asks what it is, I’d tell him, “It’s a landscape painting of Key West, from the perspective of an optimistic blind man.”
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— Jarod Kintz

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I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that. ↗

— Henry Rollins

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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. ↗

— Edmond Rostand

#pessimism #pessimists #point #sincerity #suspecting

Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure places and make movies that six people went to see. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

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My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person. ↗

— Greg Rusedski

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Learn to recognize omens, and follow them ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#paulo-coelho #philosophical #the-alchemist #inspirational

Feminism is a political mistake. Feminism is a mistake made by women's intellect, a mistake which her instinct will recognize. ↗

— Valentine de Saint-Point

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Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one. ↗

— William Wycherley

#finding #mistress #new #next #old

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. ↗

— Virginia Satir

#atmosphere #communication #differences #family #feelings

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short. ↗

— Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

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