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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16] Love makes the world go around

  3. Optimism - Wikipedia

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    An optimist and a pessimist, Vladimir Makovsky, 1893. Researchers operationalize the term "optimism" differently depending on their research. As with any trait characteristic, there are several ways to evaluate optimism, such as the Life Orientation Test (LOT), an eight-item scale developed in 1985 by Michael Scheier and Charles Carver.

  4. Easy for You to Say - Wikipedia

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    Easy for You to Say may refer to: "Easy for You to Say", a song by 5 Seconds of Summer from 5SOS5 (2022) "Easy for You to Say", ...

  5. No worries - Wikipedia

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    An Australian car displays "No worries" No worries is an expression in English meaning "do not worry about that", "that's all right", "forget about it" or "sure thing". It is similar to the American English "no problem".

  6. As easy as pie - Wikipedia

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    As easy as pie" is a popular colloquial idiom and simile which is used to describe a task or experience as pleasurable and simple. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The phrase is often interchanged with piece of cake , which shares the same connotation.

  7. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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    This saying teaches that even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step. The phrase is also translated as "A journey of a thousand miles begins from under the feet" [ 3 ] and "A thousand mile journey begins where one stands" [ 4 ]

  8. Optimism bias - Wikipedia

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    Optimism bias is typically measured through two determinants of risk: absolute risk, where individuals are asked to estimate their likelihood of experiencing a negative event compared to their actual chance of experiencing a negative event (comparison against self), and comparative risk, where individuals are asked to estimate the likelihood of experiencing a negative event (their personal ...

  9. Explanatory style - Wikipedia

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    This aspect covers characteristics considered stable versus unstable (across time). An optimist would tend to define his or her failures as unstable ("I just didn't study enough for this particular test") whereas a pessimist might think, for example, "I'm never good at tests".