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About Bruce Springsteen
American singer, songwriter, and musician
Bruce Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Known as “the Boss,” he has worked across six decades and is closely associated with the E Street Band, his backing group since 1972. He has released 21 studio albums, most of them with the E Street Band. His long career has made him a major figure in popular music, and his songs often reflect the working life, everyday struggle, and emotional weight of ordinary experience.
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Explore Pessimism
- “Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.”Robert M. Sapolsky
- “The spirit of pessimism inside of her was purely organic.”S.A. Tawks
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Explore Optimism
- “The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of you…”Roy T. Bennett
- “I said, 'Yes theres a lot to look a head to. Like croaking iron at Widders Dump. We do the croaking and they…”Russell Hoban
- “I'm not interested in blind optimism, but I'm very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on dar…”Colum McCann