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Thomas Friedman

Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history, positive change, was done by optimists.

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People who expect good outcomes often make mistakes because things don’t always turn out well. However, those hopeful people are the ones who have driven important improvements and progress throughout history.

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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

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