optimist
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In the 1970s, as Jobs was starting a company in Silicon Valley, Cook was in Alabama winning oration contests sponsored by his local Optimist Club.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
The Nashville-based singer and songwriter discusses the stripped-down breakup songs of her new album, ‘Fatal Optimist.’
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Kiel helped Qingdao establish a sailing scene and an annual “sailing week,” during which 600 local children learn how to sail on Optimist dinghies.
From New York Times • May 10, 2023
To me, the highlight of the meeting came immediately after the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance when, without prompting, the 150 men and women present stood and recited from memory the 158-word Optimist Creed.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2022
“Pete and Stuart. Pete was an Optimist and Stuart was a Pessimist.”
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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