939 private quotes tagged hope

“For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.” — Jesse Jackson

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“Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.” — Bruce Barton

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“We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.” — Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.” — Rita Mae Brown

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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.” — Sammy Davis, Jr.

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“On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!” — Alexander Henry

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“If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.” — Francois Rabelais

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“I don't think I'm a great songwriter, but I think I've learned a lot about it, and I don't think there's any one way to do it. I don't think I can control it at all. I can just kind of hope that it happens.” — Norah Jones

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“I hope I live long enough to see every hungry school child in the world being fed under the so-called McGovern-Dole program.” — George McGovern

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“I hope that as the Senate and American people learn more about me, they will see that I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.” — Sonia Sotomayor

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“The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.” — David Attenborough

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“My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.” — Alex Haley

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“Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.” — Norman Cousins

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“I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I'm singing. It comes down to being believable. You don't have to be likeable generally, though, I think I am.” — John Mayer

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“In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.” — Nancy Pelosi

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“A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.” — Georges Bernanos

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“We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.” — William Hague

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“One must not hope to be more than one can be.” — Nicolas Chamfort

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“My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote.” — Sandra Day O'Connor

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“I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.” — Aung San Suu Kyi

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“You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.” — Jean Kerr

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“My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.” — James Otis

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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.” — Nick Stahl

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“One thing that being a scientist has taught me is that you can never be certain about anything. You never know the truth. You can only approach it and hope to get a bit nearer to it each time. You iterate towards the truth. You don't know it.” — James Lovelock

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“I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.” — Dean Koontz

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