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Hope Quotes

"What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains."

"What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains."

Anatoli Boukreev, Russian Athlete

Hope, Challenge, Day, Mountains

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"It is true that there is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, but intimately connected with love and forgiveness, faith and hope, that can fill our minds and hearts with positive energy- we can overcome head on, any obstacle or hardship we may encounter."

"It is true that there is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, but intimately connected with love and forgiveness, faith and hope, that can fill our minds and hearts with positive energy- we can overcome head on, any obstacle or hardship we may encounter."

Angie karan, British Author

Hope, Forgiveness, Goodness, Faith

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"I hope to have some more cracks at some wonderful roles before I go to the Great Beyond."

"I hope to have some more cracks at some wonderful roles before I go to the Great Beyond."

Sally Kellerman, American Actress

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"Right on the other side of our fears resides hope and happiness. We get stuck in our lives afraid to walk over there when it's a much kinder place."

"Right on the other side of our fears resides hope and happiness. We get stuck in our lives afraid to walk over there when it's a much kinder place."

Ron Baratono, American Poet

Hope, Fear, Courage, Happiness

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"I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director."

"I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director."

Mel Smith, British Actor

Hope, Being, Television, Theatre

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"She could now be sad without losing a jot of hope. Nay, rather, the least approach of sadness would begin at once to wake her hope. She regretted nothing that had come, nothing that had gone. She believed more and more that not anything worth having is ever lost; that even the most evanescent shades of feeling are safe for those who grow after their true nature, toward that for which they were made-in other and higher words, after the will of God."

"She could now be sad without losing a jot of hope. Nay, rather, the least approach of sadness would begin at once to wake her hope. She regretted nothing that had come, nothing that had gone. She believed more and more that not anything worth having is ever lost; that even the most evanescent shades of feeling are safe for those who grow after their true nature, toward that for which they were made-in other and higher words, after the will of God."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

Hope, Sadness, Growth, Faith

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"I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving."

"I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

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"I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone."

"I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone."

Gerald R. Ford, American President

Hope, Understanding

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"I have met a few Casanovas I like and a few I have not liked - and I hope to meet a few more."

"I have met a few Casanovas I like and a few I have not liked - and I hope to meet a few more."

Sienna Miller, American Actress

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"Tomorrow will be a better day, we shall be safe ...only if we are safe today to reach tomorrow, things would change with a brighter light."

"Tomorrow will be a better day, we shall be safe ...only if we are safe today to reach tomorrow, things would change with a brighter light."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Hope, Future, Safety, Change

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"In this metaphor we actually have a picture of the computational universe, a metaphor which I hope to make scientifically precise as part of a research program."

"In this metaphor we actually have a picture of the computational universe, a metaphor which I hope to make scientifically precise as part of a research program."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Hope, Metaphor, Research, Universe

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"I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed."

"I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed."

Christine Lahti, American Actress

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"You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well."

"You know, it's going to be a really long tour, and well, I guess I'll see what happens with A Perfect Circle, 'cause they do other projects too, and I don't know. I hope I can always do a lot of different things, do 'em well."

James Iha, American Musician

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"The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise."

"The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Hope, Truth, Future, Inspirational, Happiness

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"I hope that there are no persons that would want to think ill of me in any direction or any behavior."

"I hope that there are no persons that would want to think ill of me in any direction or any behavior."

Diahann Carroll, American Actress

Hope, Behavior, Direction, Want

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"What one gets, I hope, is that all you can do is the best you can do."

"What one gets, I hope, is that all you can do is the best you can do."

Mike Farrell, American Actor

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"We use the word 'hope' perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: 'I hope it's a nice day.' 'Hopefully, you're doing well.' 'So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.'"

"We use the word 'hope' perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: 'I hope it's a nice day.' 'Hopefully, you're doing well.' 'So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.'"

Studs Terkel, American Journalist

Hope, Day, Pretty, Tomorrow

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"At least believe this many humans, who are interested obviously in this topic. Many of them visited me after lectures and meetings, in hope that I can give concrete answers to their questions. For it was clear: If that does not know it, who is to then know it?"

"At least believe this many humans, who are interested obviously in this topic. Many of them visited me after lectures and meetings, in hope that I can give concrete answers to their questions. For it was clear: If that does not know it, who is to then know it?"

Ulrich Walter, German Astronaut

Hope, Answers, Meetings, Questions

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"I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question."

"I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question."

Daniel Inouye, American Politician

Hope, Americans, Being, Mistakes

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"Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something to be said against both? I hope our film is balanced and rich enough to encourage debate and discussion."

"Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something to be said against both? I hope our film is balanced and rich enough to encourage debate and discussion."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Hope, Debate, Film, Pornography

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"I enjoy almost everything. Yet I have some restless searcher in me. Why is there not a discovery in life? Something one can lay hands on and say "This is it? My depression is a harassed feeling. I'm looking: but that's not it - that's not it. What is it? And shall I die before I find it?"

"I enjoy almost everything. Yet I have some restless searcher in me. Why is there not a discovery in life? Something one can lay hands on and say "This is it? My depression is a harassed feeling. I'm looking: but that's not it - that's not it. What is it? And shall I die before I find it?"

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Hope, Depression, Happiness, Discovery, Life

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"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again."

"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Hope, Right, Wrong, Renewal

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"I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many."

"I cannot hope that what I have to say will be very interesting to many."

Mary A. Ward, American Author

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"Earth's troubles fade in the light of heaven's hope."

"Earth's troubles fade in the light of heaven's hope."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Hope, Optimism, Troubles, Fade

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"We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck."

"We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck."

Elizabeth Bibesco, British Poet

Hope, Certainty, Luck

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"I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away."

"I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away."

Mark Haddon, English Novelist

Hope, Being, Gay, Writer

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"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."

George Washington Carver, American Scientist

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"Hope is a waking dream."

"Hope is a waking dream."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Hope, Dream, Waking

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"Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best."

"Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

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"Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future."

"Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future."

Mark Helprin, American Novelist

Hope, Children, Future

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"They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure."

"They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure."

Florenz Ziegfeld, American Producer

Hope, Cause, Will

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"Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped."

"Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

Hope, First, Nothing, Will

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"We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves."

"We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions."

"A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions."

James Payn, English Novelist

Hope, Evil, Poverty

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"In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live."

"In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live."

Fanny Kemble, English Actress

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"There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it."

"There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it."

Barry Sonnenfeld, American Producer

Hope, Books, Children, Events

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"I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go."

"I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

Hope, Personality, Style

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"I would hope it's better, but I'm actually acknowledging now that I want to explore all these levels from a whisper to a scream with this gift I've been given."

"I would hope it's better, but I'm actually acknowledging now that I want to explore all these levels from a whisper to a scream with this gift I've been given."

David Coverdale, English Musician

Hope, Now, Want, Whisper

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"Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did."

"Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

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"In the end, I hope there's a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer."

"In the end, I hope there's a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer."

Steve Wozniak, American Businessman

Hope, Computer, End

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"Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates."

"Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates."

Bill Brandt, British Photographer

Hope, Effect, Luck, Patience

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"I hope a great young Reagan will emerge."

"I hope a great young Reagan will emerge."

Pat Boone, American Musician

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"Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear."

"Oh man. If I had magic powers... I would hope that I would use them for good. I think I would. But I would do something pretty trivial like making traffic disappear."

Nick Stahl, American Actor

Hope, Magic, Man, Pretty

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"I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played."

"I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played."

Virgil Thomson, American Composer

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"Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted."

"Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted."

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

Hope, Being, Sammy Davis, Jr.

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"I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse."

"I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse."

David Blaine, American Entertainer

Hope, Feeling, Wonder

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"The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry."

"The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry."

Henry Taylor, English Dramatist

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"Every day is a new day and every sunrise brings hope to the hopeless."

"Every day is a new day and every sunrise brings hope to the hopeless."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

Hope, Faith, Light, Inspirational

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"Just knowing you're not alone is often enough to kindle hope amid tragic circumstances."

"Just knowing you're not alone is often enough to kindle hope amid tragic circumstances."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Hope, Happiness, Inspirational, Truth

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"The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for."

"The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for."

Steven Squyres, American Scientist

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