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Edward Steichen

"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."

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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."

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Asa Don Brown

"As a lifetime optimist, my first tendency has always been to look for the best in others, the best in situations, and focus on what is working rather than what is not. Noticing the good has helped me immensely in life and business and it can do the same for you."

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"Do this exercise: Demolish the bridges of pessimism behind you. If you do this very well, you'll have no other choice than to move forward! Successful people are always optimistic!"

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"Maybe it's for good what has happen, maybe it's not for good. Nobody knows, but don't ruin your day thinking about this sad event (The Dead). In the film "The Night Before", the same thing happen, but it went to something new and wonderful, marvelous how??The friends become best friends, parties, loads fun. This is all what we need!"

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"The light teaches you to convert life into a festive promenade."

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"Expect good to happen in your day and you'll find that good things start to happen."

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Asa Don Brown

"What an optimistic animal man is!" said Rumfoord rosily. "Imagine expecting the species to last for ten million more years - as though people were as well-developed as turtles!" He shrugged. "Well - who knows - maybe human beings will last that long, just on the basis of pure cussedness. What's your guess?"

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Asa Don Brown

"You can switch off all the lights, but that won't stop the sun from rising."

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"Choose to be optimistic, it feels better."

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"The world turned itself into a better place around him."

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"Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism."

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"Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man."
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"The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth."
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"When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration."
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