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Hope Quotes

"Hope just means another world might be possible, not promise, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope."

"Hope just means another world might be possible, not promise, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Hope, Action, Change, Possibility

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"I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be."

"I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be."

Kim Smith, American Actress

Hope, May, Now, Years

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"Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?"

"Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?"

John James Audubon, American Scientist

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"Benevolent hands reach down from heaven to offer us the most hopeful warning and remedy: “Prepare to meet your God."

"Benevolent hands reach down from heaven to offer us the most hopeful warning and remedy: “Prepare to meet your God."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Hope, Reach, Optimism, Hands

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"In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day."

"In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day."

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African Leader

Hope, Day, Despair, Fact

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"You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview."

"You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview."

Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist

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"I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so."

"I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so."

Ellen Muth, American Actress

Hope, Kids, Parents, Want

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"I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach."

"I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach."

Don Shula, American Coach

Hope, Winning, Ability

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"Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said, if I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor."

"Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said, if I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor."

Anthony Edwards, American Actor

Hope, Flying, Want, Yesterday

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"It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us."

"It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us."

Walter Benjamin, German Critic

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"You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly."

"You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly."

Terence, Roman Writer

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"My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader."

"My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader."

David McCullough, American Historian

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"I hope I'm still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars."

"I hope I'm still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars."

James Gunn, American Writer

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"I am saying that in Wales here we have a very clear election commitment and I hope, and I will express this view, I hope that every individual member of the Labour Party, will understand that and will strive to achieve unity so that we can deliver the yes vote in the Autumn."

"I am saying that in Wales here we have a very clear election commitment and I hope, and I will express this view, I hope that every individual member of the Labour Party, will understand that and will strive to achieve unity so that we can deliver the yes vote in the Autumn."

Ron Davies, Welsh Politician

Hope, Autumn, Commitment, Party

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"Son," Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation."

"Son," Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Hope, Distance, Escape, Future

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"I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I try to express complicated but I hope real emotions as simply as possible. But that doesn't mean the poems are simple, just that they are as truthful as I can make them."

"I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I try to express complicated but I hope real emotions as simply as possible. But that doesn't mean the poems are simple, just that they are as truthful as I can make them."

Anne Stevenson, American Poet

Hope, Emotions, Language, Play

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"Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie."

"Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie."

Lou Diamond Phillips, American Actor

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"We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation."

"We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation."

Ivan Illich, American Sociologist

Hope, Expectation

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"At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey."

"At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Hope, Optimism, Goodness, Faith

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"I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality."

"I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality."

Barnett Newman, American Artist

Hope, Feeling, Giving, Individuality

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"You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future."

"You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future."

Teri Garr, American Actress

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"I'm not really sure what it was, the best moment. You always hope it's to come."

"I'm not really sure what it was, the best moment. You always hope it's to come."

Bryan Ferry, English Musician

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"In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land."

"In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land."

Herbert Hoover, American President

Hope, America, Land, Poverty, Today

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"The tiny flame that lights up the human heart is like a blazing torch that comes down from heaven to light up the paths of mankind. For in one soul are contained the hopes and feelings of all Mankind."

"The tiny flame that lights up the human heart is like a blazing torch that comes down from heaven to light up the paths of mankind. For in one soul are contained the hopes and feelings of all Mankind."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Hope, Heart, Humanity, Soul

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"Life wore a man out, wore a man thin.Tomorrow would be a better day."

"Life wore a man out, wore a man thin.Tomorrow would be a better day."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Hope, Exhaustion, Life, Tomorrow

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"Hope is the beautiful dream of the soul."

"Hope is the beautiful dream of the soul."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Hope, Dream, Soul, Life

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"I hope to do films. Right now I'm just doing projects that are interesting."

"I hope to do films. Right now I'm just doing projects that are interesting."

Melissa Joan Hart, American Actress

Hope, Now, Projects, Right

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"I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a long while."

"I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a long while."

Beth Gibbons, English Musician

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"Certainly if we hope do enhance and extend whatever natural assets we were given, we must expect to make an effort, if not actually great labor."

"Certainly if we hope do enhance and extend whatever natural assets we were given, we must expect to make an effort, if not actually great labor."

Dixie Carter, American Actor

Hope, Effort, Labor

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"I do hope to bring Jane Whitefield back before too long."

"I do hope to bring Jane Whitefield back before too long."

Thomas Perry, German Musician

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"There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off."

"There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off."

Robert Smith, English Musician

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"I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject."

"I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject."

Charles Babbage, English Mathematician

Hope, Importance, Manufacturing

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"The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region."

"The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region."

Jenny Shipley, New Zealander Statesman

Hope, President, States, Testing

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"I haven't seen or spoken to Ray Collins in at least 10 years so I don't even know if he's alive. I hope so."

"I haven't seen or spoken to Ray Collins in at least 10 years so I don't even know if he's alive. I hope so."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

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"I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available."

"I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

Hope, Basketball, Coaching, School

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"I hope I will have achieved something lasting."

"I hope I will have achieved something lasting."

Graham Chapman, British Comedian

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"There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also."

"There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also."

Melissa Etheridge, American Musician

Hope, Courtesy, Will, Wrong

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"I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere."

"I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere."

Jeremy Piven, American Actor

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"The most terrible things end, at last."

"The most terrible things end, at last."

James Theodore Bent, English Explorer

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"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope."

"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope."

Bern Williams, American Philosopher

Hope, Defeat, Night

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"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers."

"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

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"I hope to soon be in contact with the man who is searching for Noah's ark."

"I hope to soon be in contact with the man who is searching for Noah's ark."

Jim Sullivan, English Musician

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"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"

"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Hope, Spring, Winter

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"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Hope, Man, Reality

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"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."

"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

Hope, Uncertainty

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"I've always wanted to play Don Quixote in some way. It's a great role. I think the idealism of the man shows that hope that we have in the human breast to achieve something."

"I've always wanted to play Don Quixote in some way. It's a great role. I think the idealism of the man shows that hope that we have in the human breast to achieve something."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

Hope, Idealism, Man, Play

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"And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!"

"And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!"

Brent Spiner, American Actor

Hope, Day, Will

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"After all, tomorrow is another day."

"After all, tomorrow is another day."

Margaret Mitchell, American Novelist

Hope, Day, Tomorrow

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"A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope."

"A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"I hope that the institution will succeed in maximizing students' potential in the same way. I will give all of my stock to this institution. It will own the Bose Corporation and be funded by the Bose Corporation."

"I hope that the institution will succeed in maximizing students' potential in the same way. I will give all of my stock to this institution. It will own the Bose Corporation and be funded by the Bose Corporation."

Amar Bose, American Inventor

Hope, Potential, Students, Succeed

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