"I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight"

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Nicholas D. Kristof

#Optimistic Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Dangerous Quotes

“Every idea I get I have to deny, that's my way of testing it.”
“I donâ€™t think Iâ€™ve said this on camera, (but Ricky Williams) is the largest part of why I chose to come play for UT”
“The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.”
“The lover of photography is fascinated both by the instant and by the past. The moment captured in the image is of near-zero duration and is located in a ever-receding then. At the same time, the spectator's now, the moment of looking at the image, has no fixed duration. It can be extended as long as fascination lasts and endlessly reiterated as long as curiosity returns.”
“sometimes I was so bored that I started arguments just to experience the rush of almost losing him.”
“There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone.”
“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. Negativism to the pain and ferocity of life is negativism to life. We are not there until we can say 'yea' to it all.”
“We have two choices: One is to continue to see a poor, ill, crying Africa, carrying guns, that depends on other people forever, or to promote an Africa which is confident, peaceful, independent, but cognizant of its huge problems and great values at the same time.”

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