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Message: [QUOTE="Dave85, post: 974583, member: 3946"] "In the voluminous writings he composed during his eleven years imprisonment under the fascist regime, Antonio Gramsci repeatedly cites the aphorism, “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will” (which he ascribed to the novelist Romain Rolland). In one of his letters, he expanded the idea: “The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned … I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” In the context of Gramsci’s life and work, the phrase had a particular resonance. He was suffering isolation and deprivation in prison, from which he had no hope of release." The fan in me is optimistic the Orange will win. However, my negativity comes from my intellect. I am trying to look at our team without any illusions of fandom. [/QUOTE]