Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Archivist: either way, it is not permitted in the Reading Room
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Archivist: either way, it is not permitted in the Reading Room
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Jo Kershaw
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Priest (internally): but did I estimate the number of communicants/ amount of wine correctly?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Priest (internally): but did I estimate the number of communicants/ amount of wine correctly?
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Pessimist: the cup is half empty.
Samuel Beckett: the cup is not full. Neither is it empty. (pause) Let us return tomorrow.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Lawyer: the cup is not in the record before the court and so neither is the question whether it’s half full or half empty.