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Hope Quotes

"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

13

"I retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left."

"I retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left."

Alexander Henry, American Businessman

Hope, Law, Lawyers, Man

13

"If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not."

"If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not."

John Linder, American Politician

Hope, Law, Laws, Value

13

"And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else."

"And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else."

Patti Davis, American Celebrity

13

"I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame."

"I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame."

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Photographer

13

"I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in."

"I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in."

Arthur Hertzberg, Polish Theologian

Hope, Grandparents, Will

13

"We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude."

"We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude."

Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author

13

"It gives one hope, this great strength of Africa."

"It gives one hope, this great strength of Africa."

Stephen Lewis, Canadian Politician

13

"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

13

"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

13

"I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do."

"I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do."

Faye Dunaway, American Actress

Hope, Want, Years

13

"We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong."

"We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong."

Judith Viorst, American Author

Hope, Children, Connection, Right

13

"We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe."

"We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe."

W. Averell Harriman, American Politician

Hope, Europe, Feet, First

13

"In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and - I hope, through heavenly means or diabolical - beyond the day I die."

"In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and - I hope, through heavenly means or diabolical - beyond the day I die."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

Hope, Day, Doubt, Songs

13

"I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans."

"I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans."

Adam Baldwin, American Actor

Hope, Fans, Party, Will

13

"I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."

"I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Hope, Desire, May

13

"I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation."

"I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Hope, Hate, Oppression, Respect

13

"Americans appreciate the way our friends around the world are sticking by us, and we all hope for their continued support in what's going to be some very trying times."

"Americans appreciate the way our friends around the world are sticking by us, and we all hope for their continued support in what's going to be some very trying times."

Joe Lando, American Actor

Hope, Americans, Friends, Support

13

"I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope."

"I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

Hope, Depression

13

"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."

"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

Hope, Judgment, Originality, Writer

13

"I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it."

"I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it."

Oscar Hammerstein II, American Musician

Hope, Reality, Talk, Ugly

13

"I want you to take away the hope because that's the thing that's killing me."

"I want you to take away the hope because that's the thing that's killing me."

Denis Leary, American Actor

Hope, Killing, Want

13

"I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived."

"I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived."

David Rockefeller, American Businessman

13

"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic."

"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic."

Laini Taylor, American Novelist

Hope, Power, Truth, Action

13

"In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope."

"In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope."

Peter Nivio Zarlenga, American Author

Hope, Advertising

13

"When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read."

"When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read."

Sinclair Lewis, American Novelist

Hope, Audiences

13

"I taught myself to drive. I hope that the child in me never dies."

"I taught myself to drive. I hope that the child in me never dies."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

13

"She would fill the world with it, with her light-her gift. She would light up the darkness, so brightly that all who were lost or wounded or broken would find their way to it, a beacon for those who still dwelled in that abyss. It would not take a monster to destroy a monster-but light, light to drive out the darkness.She was not afraid."

"She would fill the world with it, with her light-her gift. She would light up the darkness, so brightly that all who were lost or wounded or broken would find their way to it, a beacon for those who still dwelled in that abyss. It would not take a monster to destroy a monster-but light, light to drive out the darkness.She was not afraid."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Hope, Light, Darkness, Gift

13

"I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for."

"I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for."

April Winchell, American Actress

13

"We need hope, or else we cannot endure."

"We need hope, or else we cannot endure."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Hope, Endurance, Strength, Resilience

13

"He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long as despair could be postponed."

"He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long as despair could be postponed."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Hope, Despair, Patience, Optimism

13

"I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing."

"I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing."

Georg Solti, Hungarian Musician

Hope, Daughters

13

"I still watch her now, like I always did, and she watches me, her brown eyes looking out from a wolf's face. This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who became one.I won't let this be my last good-bye. I've folded one thousand paper cranes of me and Grace, and I've made my wish. I will find a cure. And then I will find Grace."

"I still watch her now, like I always did, and she watches me, her brown eyes looking out from a wolf's face. This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who became one.I won't let this be my last good-bye. I've folded one thousand paper cranes of me and Grace, and I've made my wish. I will find a cure. And then I will find Grace."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

Hope, Promise, Love, Determination

13

"You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year."

"You never know who will win and I think that is the great thing about this league (as a player) because it gives you a lot of hope that this could be your year."

Michael Strahan, American Athlete

13

"There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope."

"There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope."

George Eliot, British Author

Hope, Despair, First, Moments

13

"We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord."

"We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord."

Michael Novak, American Philosopher

Hope, Endurance

13

"Every morning most of the people wake up alive than dead, so I do have a faith there is still some goodness left in the man."

"Every morning most of the people wake up alive than dead, so I do have a faith there is still some goodness left in the man."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Hope, Morning, Faith, Goodness

13

"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

13

"Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world."

"Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Hope, Dream, Truth, Future

13

"I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say."

"I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say."

Teresa Heinz, American Celebrity

12

"To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow."

"To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow."

Graham Taylor, English Coach

12

"The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united."

"The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

12

"I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one."

"I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

12

"I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow."

"I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

Hope, Argument, Sense

12

"There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope."

"There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope."

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

12

"I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues."

"I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues."

Sara Paretsky, American Author

12

"And, I hope now that everybody understands that the Labour Party - as it always has done - stands for free speech and individual Members of the Labour Party are entitled to exercise that free speech."

"And, I hope now that everybody understands that the Labour Party - as it always has done - stands for free speech and individual Members of the Labour Party are entitled to exercise that free speech."

Ron Davies, Welsh Politician

Hope, Exercise, Freespeech, Now

12

"I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there."

"I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there."

Hal Sutton, American Athlete

12

"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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