Quote of the Day

[Joe Allonby]

You don't necessarily feel bad about it. You're just prepared.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Page <page at quesnelbc.com> wrote:
> Joe Allonby:
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> "Or part of my personal philosophy : the best part of being a pessimist is
> that all surprises are good ones."
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> I agree, with a corollary. The worst part of being a pessimist is that you
> have already experienced the worst by anticipating it. While all surprises
> may be good, the pessimist doesn't miss out on feeling bad, because he or
> she has done it before the surprise occurs. Good trick, feeling bad about
> something that hasn't happened.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Allonby" <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> To: "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Quote of the Day
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>
> "If you are keeping your head while everybody around you is losing
> theirs, maybe you don't understand the situation."
>
> Or part of my personal philosophy : the best part of being a pessimist
> is that all surprises are good ones.
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> “Depression is actually an indicator of how much of your intellectual
>> capacity you’re using. If you’re really depressed, you’re probably
>> using your full intellectual resources on a problem."
>>
>> --Paul W. Andrews
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>>
>> http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/the_power_of_negative_thinking_chnc1qmDS8Fwdib218nWhL#ixzz0YT7vTmx3
>>
>> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=depressions-evolut
>>
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