All 15 Uses of
optimistic
in
The Last Lecture
- At the time, I already had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but I was optimistic.†
Part 1 *
- He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.†
Part 2
- I was always drawn to the story's optimistic ending: Left at the bottom of the box was "hope."†
Part 2
- If it's possible to be arrogant, optimistic and totally miserable all at the same time, I think I might have pulled it off: "Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you."†
Part 3
- Yes, I'm a great optimist.†
Part 5
- One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.†
Part 5
- A Way to Understand Optimism AFTER I learned I had cancer, one of my doctors gave me some advice.†
Part 5
- For the patients, it's an optimistic signal that the doctors expect them to live.†
Part 5
- Herbert Zeh, my surgeon in Pittsburgh, says he worries about patients who are inappropriately optimistic or ill-informed.†
Part 5
- At the same time, he is upset when patients are told by friends and acquaintances that they have to be optimistic or their treatments won't work.†
Part 5
- My personal take on optimism is that as a mental state, it can enable you to do tangible things to improve your physical state.†
Part 5
- If you're optimistic, you're better able to endure brutal chemo, or keep searching for late-breaking medical treatments.†
Part 5
- Dr. Zeh calls me his poster boy for "the healthy balance between optimism and realism."†
Part 5
- But I love that my vasectomy doubled as both appropriate birth control and an optimistic gesture about my future.†
Part 5
- She might talk about my optimism, the way I embraced having fun, the high standards I tried to set in my life.†
Part 6
Definition:
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(optimistic) expecting the best; or focusing on the good part of things