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Pessimism in sentence

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We have allowed despair and pessimism to drain us, drain our energies, limit our imaginations and dim our vision for a better and brighter future.
Of course we should be aware of suffering and danger wherever they occur, but we should also be aware of how they can be reduced, because there are dangers to indiscriminate pessimism.
The other danger of thoughtless pessimism is radicalism.
Seen from those stairs, all politicians today seem the same, and politics has come to resemble a sport that inspires more aggressiveness and pessimism than social cohesion and the desire for civic protaganism.
And the trends for those who are at the periphery of our society, who are the poorest and the most vulnerable, the trends give rise to a great case for pessimism.
So there's lots of reason for pessimism.
It's more than enough reason for pessimism.
Let's not dismiss the goals or slide into pessimism; let's hold them to that promise.
And there's a very unique sense of pessimism that's moved in.
Hope may be the single greatest act of defiance against a politics of pessimism and against a culture of despair.
As a born-in-the-mid-1960s Gen X-er, hurtling all too quickly to my fortieth birthday, I'm naturally inclined to pessimism.
As Norwegian social scientist Evelin Lindner has observed, "Pessimism is a luxury of good times ... In difficult times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling, self-inflicted death sentence."
This pessimism famously appears in the Bible, in one of the few biblical passages with a named author.
And today we have a kind of evangelical pessimism all around us.
His pessimism and idealism, if that sounds a little odd to mix together, work for him as a storyteller, and at the same time he's always out to tell the truth, however brutal (or put into melodramatic constructs) it can get.
Life for most of us is neither softly glowing romantic or harshly cynical pessimism.
Underlining the whole election process is Altman's characteristic pessimism about politics and public appeal but what is most appealing about this film is the sheer fun most people seem to be having.
fukasaku successfully shows hope and fatalism, optimism and pessimism, the power of the group and the importance of finding one's own path.
Parker Posey delivers a juicy performance, her pessimism never ceases to entertain.
The turmoil of post-war Vienna provides the backdrop for the story of "The Third Man" and some exquisite expressionistic cinematography is used to convey the sense of menace and pessimism which prevailed in the city at that time.
An absolutely wonderful Carne/Prevert jeu d'esprit that owes more to the modernist whimsy of a Rene Clair than the claustrophobic pessimism of their later works.
The Egyptian CrucibleMADRID – As Egyptians tensely awaited the results of their country’s presidential elections, a thread of pessimism ran through the discourse of the young people and secular liberals who had brought down Hosni Mubarak in January 2011.
Why do American consumers seem to be immunized against pessimism?
As a result, France, despite its reputation for melancholy, self-doubt, and pessimism, is about to elect its youngest-ever president.
This is not a popular view, with others criticizing its advocates for stoking pessimism.
It has exposed and encouraged tendencies the world never used to associate with the US: xenophobia, misogyny, pessimism, and selfishness.
The country’s growth slowdown and mounting financial risks have spurred a growing wave of pessimism, with economists worldwide warning of an impending crash.
Indeed, Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky recently criticized the film for its darkness and pessimism.
Public pessimism in southern Europe is largely attributable to the absence of such a reward.
Such pessimism is warranted.
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