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If this is class warfare, we're losing!
- “It is wrong for Warren Buffett’s secretary to pay a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett"
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Should I be worried that the top Google result (update: in October of 1994) for Relentlessly Optimistic is to the former Iraqi Information Minister? That's somewhat offset by the fact that the #3 link is to Sponge Bob Square Pants. - The Meaning of Optimism
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optimists and pessimists attribute the reasons for success and failure differently: it's personal for pessimists. - ITMFA
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Science says yes, but that it isn't worth it. - Creative Commons
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