"I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine."

Pessimism, Depression, Future, Talk

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"I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine."

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Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists."

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"Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."

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"Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations."

Gordon B. Hinckley, American Clergyman

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Herman Melville, American Novelist

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"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism."

Absence

"I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action."

Action

"One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is happening right now as we are speaking."

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"Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie."

Power

"Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater."

First

"Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done."

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"There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind."

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