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" Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough. "

Richard M. DeVos

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" I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't do. I've been through a lot, and I could go through more, but I hope I don't have to. But if I did, I'd be able to do it. I'm not going to enjoy dying, but there's not much prep for that. "

" I'm conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like that's a lifetime decision, and I always feel like, 'I hope you don't regret this a couple years from now when you get tired of that song.' "

" I was the first to win a major with a belly putter, and I've spent hours practicing that way, so I hope they don't ban anchoring. "

" I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a 'puff' for a book I truly love. "

" I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't like losing. But I don't think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don't think once. "

" Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark. "

" I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving goodbye. If that happens, I hope I die quickly. "

Henning Mankell

" I'm different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. But I have had some success; I hope I have touched the lives of some wonderful people, all by being what I see as myself but some others people see as different. "

" I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost. "

David Attenborough

" Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. "

William Ralph Inge

" What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. "

" I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with. "

Zinedine Zidane

" Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise. "

" I can understand the validity of showing people the ugliness of the world, but I also think there is a place for movies to leave people with a sense of hope. "

" On the morning of Thanksgiving, I would wake up to the home smelling of all good things, wafting upstairs to my room. I would set the table with the fancy silverware and china and hope that my parents and grandmother wouldn't have the annual Thanksgiving fight about Richard Nixon. "

" There's nothing I don't know about war. The stench of it. But I say that without any pride. War is a terrible thing. My hope is that you'll get that through looking at one of my pictures. "

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

" Truly saying sorry is never easy to do, and when you are, you just hope it's not too late. "

" A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. "

Georges Bernanos

" Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. "

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

" There's girls that grew up like me and even worse, and they need to know that there is someone out there that can give them hope with my music. It's about inspiring people and helping people. "

" I hope to play well and get better and better. "

" So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in. "

Sonia Sotomayor

" All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. "

Abraham Lincoln

" Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. "

" I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. "

Yves Saint Laurent

" That's what I find with any good song, you just have to let it happen. Out of about twenty songs you might write, one of any significance. It might be thirty or forty, but I just keep churning them out and churning them out in hope that one of them will stick. "