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Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.

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Kin Hubbard
Age: 62 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 1
Died: 1930
Died: December 26
Cartoonist
Humorist
Journalist
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Frank McKinney Hubbard
Inspirational
Doesn
Everything
Optimist
Optimism
Count
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The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.
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