"Iâ€™m not interested in blind optimism, but Iâ€™m very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, â€˜This is not enough.â€™ But it takes time, more time than we can sometimes imagine, to get there. And sometimes we donâ€™t."

-- Colum McCann

#Optimism Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“True hope is based on energy of character. A strong mind always hopes!!”
“The artist must be ecstatic about something.”
“Conceit is God's gift to little men.”
“And I was ashamed of myself for feeling like I had to do that in order to look a certain way. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. And I think it was a big stimulator of my drug use.”
“Why get up in the morning unless youâ€™re going to have an adventure?”
“It's OK to assert yourself. Obviously, as a woman, I do experience the consequence of asserting yourself - you're not supposed to assert yourself.”
“One of my keys to success is a lot of pillows. I feel like a lot of pillows is important to relax each piece of your body.”

Source : Source: ca.complex.com
“Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?”

Source : Dorothy Thompson (1939). “Let the Record Speak”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

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