#pessimist

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. ↗

— Helen Keller

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#discovered the secret #doorway #ever #human #human spirit

The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are. ↗

— Nate Silver

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#economists #economy #even #more #most

We never do what we wish when we wish it, and when we desire a thing earnestly, and it does arrive, that or we are changed, so that we slide from the summit of our wishes and find ourselves where we were. ↗

— Mary Shelley

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#change