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Hope Quotes

"I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun."

"I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

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"Today, one year after their divorce, Pamela and Tommy Lee announced they're getting back together. You know what that means? There's still hope for Ike and Tina Turner."

"Today, one year after their divorce, Pamela and Tommy Lee announced they're getting back together. You know what that means? There's still hope for Ike and Tina Turner."

Jay Leno, American Comedian

Hope, Divorce, Today

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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 hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games."

"I hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games."

Jamal Lewis, American Athlete

14

"I hope I don't just sit around moping for two years."

"I hope I don't just sit around moping for two years."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

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"The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away."

"The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away."

William Cowper, English Poet

Hope, Day, Tomorrow, Will

14

"I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing."

"I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

14

"I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry."

"I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry."

Hattie McDaniel, American Actress

Hope, Credit, Race

14

"It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons."

"It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons."

Yoshiro Mori, Japanese Prime Minister

Hope, Countries, Environment, Weapons

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"Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later."

"Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later."

Gene Wolfe, American Writer

14

"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

14

"The atheist has no hope."

"The atheist has no hope."

James Freeman Clarke, American Clergyman

14

"I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80."

"I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

14

"I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university together in the study of Asia, for example, in the study of the professions in Asia."

"I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university together in the study of Asia, for example, in the study of the professions in Asia."

William Kirby, English Scientist

Hope, Example, Projects, Study

14

"When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever."

"When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever."

Harry Caray, American Entertainer

14

"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 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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"Let's hope you feel better now."

"Let's hope you feel better now."

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

14

"The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation."

"The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Hope, Compassion, Generosity, Importance

14

"Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for."

"Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for."

John Leeson, British Actor

14

"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

14

"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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"I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope."

"I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

Hope, Drugs, Medicine, Nothing

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"And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about."

"And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Hope, Future, Dream, Possibility

14

"I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster."

"I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster."

Mike Rogers, American Politician

Hope, Disaster, Today, Will

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"We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain."

"We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain."

Liberty Hyde Bailey, American Scientist

Hope, Vision, Harvest, Land

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"If the storm forgets to bring a rainbow, paint your own."

"If the storm forgets to bring a rainbow, paint your own."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Hope, Storm, Rainbow, Creativity, Optimism

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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

14

"I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up."

"I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Hope, Patience, Writer, Dawn

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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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"If you have shed a thousand tears, expect a thousand blessings."

"If you have shed a thousand tears, expect a thousand blessings."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Hope, Tears, Blessings

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"Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die."

"Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Hope, Spring, Wind, Winter

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"To hope is to gamble. It's to bet on your futures, on your desires, on the possibility that an open heart and uncertainty is better than gloom and safety. To hope is dangerous, and yet it is the opposite of fear, for to live is to risk."

"To hope is to gamble. It's to bet on your futures, on your desires, on the possibility that an open heart and uncertainty is better than gloom and safety. To hope is dangerous, and yet it is the opposite of fear, for to live is to risk."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Hope, Risk, Future, Uncertainty

14

"Your opponents would love you to believe that it's hopeless, that you have no power, that there's no reason to act, that you can't win. Hope is a gift you don't have to surrender, a power you don't have to throw away."

"Your opponents would love you to believe that it's hopeless, that you have no power, that there's no reason to act, that you can't win. Hope is a gift you don't have to surrender, a power you don't have to throw away."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Hope, Power, Action, Truth

14

"I enjoy all aspects of it, I don't have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has its attractions and I would hope they each inform the other in some way."

"I enjoy all aspects of it, I don't have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has its attractions and I would hope they each inform the other in some way."

Cillian Murphy, Irish Actor

14

"I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting."

"I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting."

Arthur Ashe, American Athlete

14

"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

14

"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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"It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit."

"It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

Hope, Bitterness, Deceit, Reality

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"I feel a new era coming in, standing on the shore, waiting for it to slowly greet me."

"I feel a new era coming in, standing on the shore, waiting for it to slowly greet me."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

Hope, Change, Future, Expectation

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"We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."

"We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."

Barack Obama, American President

Hope, Change, Faith, Freedom

14

"I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started."

"I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started."

Nora Roberts, American Author

14

"Celaena peered in the mirror-and stopped dead.The somewhat shorter hair was the least of the changes.She was now flushed with color, her eyes bright and clear, and though she'd regained the weight she'd lost during that winter, her face was leaner. A woman-a woman was smiling back at her, beautiful for every scar and imperfection and mark of survival, beautiful for the fact that the smile was real, and she felt it kindle the long-slumbering joy in her heart."

"Celaena peered in the mirror-and stopped dead.The somewhat shorter hair was the least of the changes.She was now flushed with color, her eyes bright and clear, and though she'd regained the weight she'd lost during that winter, her face was leaner. A woman-a woman was smiling back at her, beautiful for every scar and imperfection and mark of survival, beautiful for the fact that the smile was real, and she felt it kindle the long-slumbering joy in her heart."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Hope, Beauty, Survival, Joy

14

"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

14

"Though it pained me, I gave in. Why was it that I repeatedly succumbed to the first whisper of a promised maybe? How did the enticer, hope, always find my heart unguarded? There was no such thing as hope. Not for me. Why was it so hard to accept that?"

"Though it pained me, I gave in. Why was it that I repeatedly succumbed to the first whisper of a promised maybe? How did the enticer, hope, always find my heart unguarded? There was no such thing as hope. Not for me. Why was it so hard to accept that?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Hope, Regret, Truth, Today, Inspirational

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"Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back."

"Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back."

Don Henley, American Musician

Hope, Blind, Idealism

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"When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead."

"When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead."

Judith Viorst, American Author

13

"You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you."

"You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you."

Matthew Modine, American Actor

Hope, Sensibility

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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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