look on the bright side
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I like to look on the bright side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Musk said his "philosophical conclusion" after fearing for AI's threat to humanity was to "look on the bright side".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Still she was trying to look on the bright side.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
“We pay far too little attention to that ominous period of American life,” he said, “always preferring to look on the bright side rather than the dark side.”
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2025
“Then let’s look on the bright side: we’re having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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