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pessimist

noun as in person who expects bad outcome

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"I’m a pessimist," he told BBC Newsnight on Thursday.

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If “you’re an optimist, good things come your way. If you’re a pessimist, bad things come your way,” he said.

Why be a pessimist about this?

Speaking to BBC Scotland News, Sturgeon described herself as a natural pessimist but said that was not the case come polling day, 18 September 2014.

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That's why when people ask me if I'm an optimist or a pessimist, I say I'm a possiblist.

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