I'm an optimist and there's good reason to have confidence.

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But I'm an optimist in the long run.

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But I'm an optimist.

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I'm forever an optimist.

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I'm often accused of being an optimist, and it's true I had to hunt pretty hard to find any good news in the Board's report.

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