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« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2010, 08:35:10 AM »
Quote from: SwingWaltz on September 25, 2010, 08:21:58 AM
So do you still try if you know you're going to fail?
Actually, that would be the definition of an optimist... one who tries even when they know they are going to fail: they always have the feeling they are going to defy gravity.  (not sure why I am using the 'they' word - that would be me...)

A true pessimist doesn't even go there...
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« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2010, 09:42:28 AM »
even in my state of being down I still can't give myself the luxury of being a pessimist. I alway feel that there would be someone worse of than me! Roll Eyes
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« Reply #17 on: September 25, 2010, 01:22:33 PM »
Quote from: QPO on September 25, 2010, 09:42:28 AM
seven in my state of being down I still can't give myself the luxury of being a pessimist. I alway feel that there would be someone worse of than me! Roll Eyes

yes that's me....
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« Reply #18 on: September 25, 2010, 04:35:55 PM »
Quote from: Bordertangoman on September 25, 2010, 01:22:33 PM
Quote from: QPO on September 25, 2010, 09:42:28 AM
seven in my state of being down I still can't give myself the luxury of being a pessimist. I alway feel that there would be someone worse of than me! Roll Eyes

yes that's me....
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« Reply #19 on: September 26, 2010, 04:32:50 AM »
being pessimistic is for me a waste of energy....being dispondent every now and then, I do fall into that.
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« Reply #20 on: September 26, 2010, 04:37:05 AM »
I figure my thoughts are pessimistic enough without me admitting to be a pessimist.

I'm not, usually.

But forgive me if I don't read this thread often...the less negativity around me the better.
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« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2010, 08:53:44 AM »
well that is not a problem. better to stay in a place that keeps you in a good place.
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« Reply #22 on: September 26, 2010, 09:39:09 PM »
Not this topic again!
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« Reply #23 on: September 27, 2010, 04:30:18 AM »
Quote from: elisedance on September 26, 2010, 09:39:09 PM
Not this topic again!

a few helpful aphorisms

" nothing ventured nothing lost"

" A stitch in time isnt possible" ( S. Hawking)

"look before you leap"

"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.” Mark Twain

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.” GB Stern
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« Reply #24 on: September 27, 2010, 05:06:12 AM »
..and my favorite:
No good turn is left unpunished
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