"Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair."

-- Charlie Pierce

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“I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“So, change lanes. Get your stride back. Don't stay on a road that can only lead you to further devastation”
“I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else's and the research and so forth, there's a sense of really have done something worthwhile.”

Source : "Paul Allen: He talks Trail Blazers, Microsoft, 'The Social Network'". Interview with Jeff Baker, www.oregonlive.com. April 19, 2011.
“The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.”
“We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit.”
“When I really like something, I try to put my all into it. This is something thats different from when I was growing up on the basketball court, running up and down, scoring 30 points or something. This is totally something different.”
“Focus on the opportunities, not on the constraints.”
“I look like Walt Disney just threw up.”

Source : "Whose Line is it Anyway?" with Drew Carey (Episode 115), www.oocities.org. March 10, 1999.

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