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The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.

William Arthur Ward

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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
Optimistic
Stranded
Infinite
Indecision
Possibility
Pessimist
Lives
Optimist
Island
Perpetual
Islands
Peninsulas
Possibilities
Peninsula

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