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"To live without Hope is to Cease to live."

"To live without Hope is to Cease to live."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better."

"We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better."

Kofi Annan, Ghanaian Statesman

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"The youth is the hope of our future."

"The youth is the hope of our future."

Jose Rizal, Filipino Writer

Hope, Future, Youth

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"I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected."

"I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected."

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Lawyer

Hope, Countries, Example, Rights

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"As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan."

"As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan."

Hamid Karzai, Afghan Statesman

Hope, Ambition, Country, Now

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"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance."

"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance."

Orville Wright, American Inventor

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"The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living."

"The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living."

Thabo Mbeki, South African Statesman

Hope, Possibility, Living, Poor

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"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."

"And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one."

Eyvind Johnson, Swedish Author

Hope, Injustice

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"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Hope, Books, May

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"Be the sun in someone's dark sky."

"Be the sun in someone's dark sky."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Hope, Sun, Dark Sky, Inspiration

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"The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat."

"The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

Hope, Man, Now, Old

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"The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for."

"The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

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"Hope is the raw material of losers."

"Hope is the raw material of losers."

Fernando Flores, Chilean Politician

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"Well, I think, you know, the university and the high schools are also important, but depends how I'm going to do in tennis - well, I hope. I mean, it depends, so I don't know yet."

"Well, I think, you know, the university and the high schools are also important, but depends how I'm going to do in tennis - well, I hope. I mean, it depends, so I don't know yet."

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakian Athlete

Hope, Schools, Tennis, University

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"I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't."

"I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Hope, Romantic, Will

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"I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world."

"I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world."

Tadao Ando, Japanese Architect

Hope, America, Culture, Nation

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"Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief."

"Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief."

Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

Hope, Bed, Grief, May

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"This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last."

"This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Hope, Suspense, Will

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"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe."

"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe."

Dalai Lama XIV, Tibetan Spiritual Leader

Hope, Focus, Universe, Leader

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"Or even the state of Florida, where they are prepared to execute children. Umm, well, you hope that at least that there is something there to be claimed."

"Or even the state of Florida, where they are prepared to execute children. Umm, well, you hope that at least that there is something there to be claimed."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Hope, Children, State

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"Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook."

"Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

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"In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival."

"In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival."

Stanislav Grof, Czechoslovakian Psychologist

Hope, Survival, Humanity, Today

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"But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan, then of course we can't hope satisfactory results."

"But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan, then of course we can't hope satisfactory results."

Bulent Ecevit, Turkish Politician

Hope, Afghanistan, Countries, Results

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"I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here."

"I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here."

Vijay Singh, Fijian Athlete

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"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding."

"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding."

Gustav Mahler, Austrian Composer

Hope, Now, Understanding, Will

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"Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens."

"Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Hope, Tears, Gardens, Tomorrow

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"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

Hope, End, Right

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"In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."

"In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Hope, Tomorrow, Love, Brotherhood, Nation

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"You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile."

"You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile."

Teemu Selanne, Finnish Hockey Player

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"I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward."

"I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward."

Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Scientist

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"We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man."

"We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man."

Richard Leakey, Kenyan Environmentalist

Hope, Connection, Light, Man

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"Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms."

"Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of the night, and our laugh is always proportioned to the fear we have had."

"The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of the night, and our laugh is always proportioned to the fear we have had."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Hope, Fear, Laughter, Life

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"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."

"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."

Martin Luther, German Leader

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"I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery."

"I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

Hope, Discovery, Pleasure, Posterity

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"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow."

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Hope, Expectation, Medicine, Tomorrow

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"Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed."

"Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Hope, American, Countries, Intellectuals

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"But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."

"But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Hope, Tomorrow, World

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"I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... we were just like you."

"I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... we were just like you."

Mia Hamm, American Athlete

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"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!"

"All hope abandon, ye who enter here!"

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

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"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen."

"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

Hope, Thinking, Want, Will

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"Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected."

"Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected."

Robert Frank, Swiss Photographer

Hope, Colors, Despair, Mankind

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"Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure."

"Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure."

Paul de Man, Belgian Critic

Hope, Departure, Desire, Modernity

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"You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing."

"You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing."

Jean Stafford, American Writer

Hope, Nothing, Now, Want

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"I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope."

"I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope."

Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician

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"Fundamentalism as it is called is not confined to the Muslim world. It is something that we have seen in different parts of the world. Let us hope that a dialogue between the followers of the three great monotheistic religions could help in putting an end to this."

"Fundamentalism as it is called is not confined to the Muslim world. It is something that we have seen in different parts of the world. Let us hope that a dialogue between the followers of the three great monotheistic religions could help in putting an end to this."

King Hussein I, Jordanian Statesman

Hope, Muslim, End, Followers

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"I hope it's enabling me to deal with another human being who's more important to me than I am."

"I hope it's enabling me to deal with another human being who's more important to me than I am."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate."

"Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Hope, May, Road

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"Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us."

"Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Hope, Love, Belief, Strength

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