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I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you can still be as optimistic as you want.

I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.

I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.

I'm not a pessimist at all, but I'm not an optimist, either.

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.