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• n  a person who expects the worst

• Are you an optimist or a pessimist, a giver or a taker, a perfectionist or a slob? Serious sometimes translates as dull, however, and it's too easy to cop out by answering .
• Uncompromising pessimist, Spengler sounded the knell of Western civilization, which he said had passed maturity, was beginning a swift senescence.
• You'd think I'd be a real pessimist, but when you handle adversity, it gives you an up feeling.

• optimist

News & Articles

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• World Cup starts one year from today. Will Brazil be ready?
  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil -- Imagina na Copa. The pessimist's war cry can be heard at the water cooler and in the elevator, in the padaria (bakery) and the bar. If you think Brazil's infernal traffic, dizzying crime rates and frequent airport chaos are bad now, then just imagine what it will be like during the World Cup.
  June 12, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• James Young: Brazil prepares for 2014 World Cup: one year out
  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil -- Imagina na Copa. The pessimist's war cry can be heard at the water cooler and in the elevator, in the padaria (bakery) and the bar. If you think Brazil's infernal traffic, dizzying crime rates and frequent airport chaos are bad now, then just imagine what it will be like during the World Cup.
  June 12, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• How would we react if Braun were suspended?
  I'm a guy who always tries to be ready for bad news. I'm not a pessimist, but I've been around long enough to know that bad things happen to good people. So lets try to prepare for the inevitable with Ryan Braun. We can't control everything but we can lay plans for how we will react.
  June 11, 2013 - OnMilwaukee.com

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Irish Times
  Quoting Winston Churchill, Mr Hogan said: "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
• Phil Mickelson in Los Angeles Times
  Sure, the pessimist is going to look at all the things he hasn't done or I haven't done,Mickelson concluded, "but I don't choose to look at my career or anybody else's that way."
• Matt Kenseth in SportingNews.com
  I thought he was going to pass us again,Kenseth said. "Some people think I'm a pessimist, but I think I'm more of a realist. ...... I don't even know what we changed. It wasn't easy, but we were able to hold them off."