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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave I can't be a pessimist because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. - Quote by James Baldwin

I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter.

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