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" A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to others and not just to him or herself. "

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" The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.' "

" 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

" My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride. "

" To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and leave results. Leave a track record and show that to the Japanese public, who will, at the end of the day, I hope, appreciate it. "

" Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart. "

Emanuel Cleaver

" As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change. "

" Even if my fellow man has proven faithless time after time, I can at least retain a hope that he will improve, pray for him, and think kindly without frustration and disappointment. "

Mother Angelica

" It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns. "

" With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. "

" These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way. "

Jonathan Kellerman

" Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. "

Herman Melville

" I've learnt that through life you just get on with it. You're going to meet a lot of dishonest people along the line and you say good luck to them. I hope they live in comfort. Then I start sticking more pins in their effigies. "

" Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. "

" Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earthly relations, and therefore, above all, indifference to general impressions and avoidance of all worldly motives, the ceasing to act, to hope, to desire. "

" Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. "

Reinhold Niebuhr

" Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India. "

" The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. "

William Hazlitt

" I did a lot of freelance desk publishing jobs when I graduated from college. I sort of earned a living doing that while I was writing plays, which was what I wanted to do. My hope was to become a playwright. "

" I hope to be painting more and travelling. Maybe fall in love. Have a dog one day. You know, all the good things. "

" I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory. "

" Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have. "

" When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit. "

" When I was a little kid, I looked up to other people, so I hope that I can inspire little kids. "

Laurie Hernandez

" I'm actually not a big fan of the word hope. I think it's a depressing word. I don't want to hope - I want to know. Like I don't hope there's a God, I know there's a God. "

" The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy because our Satisfaction is now at another level, and our Source is beyond ourselves. "

" We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds. "

Aristotle Onassis

" Mr. Mijanovi and those associated with him are the hope and the conscience of the Yugoslav revolution. "

" I have not worked out my poems with a careful will, falling rather on haphazard and blind formulation of wordage, a more flowing concept, in a hope for a more new and lively path. I do personalize at times, but this only for the grace and elan of the dance. "

Charles Bukowski

" The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. "

" On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag! "

Alexander Henry