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| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
| NUMBER: | 5393 |
| AUTHOR: | Lionel Tiger |
| QUOTATION: | It is the formidable character of the species to routinely seek the improbable, the difficult, even the impossible, as a source of pleasure and self-justification. Who would try to write poems, or novels, or paint pictures unless he is an optimist? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Optimism: The Biology of Hope Simon & Schuster 79 |
| SUBJECTS: | Humankind: Wisdom, Philosophy & Other Musings |
| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. Copyright © 1988 by James B. Simpson. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | ||||
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