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

Herman Melville

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" Hope is but the dream of those who wake. "

" Not without hope we suffer and we mourn. "

William Wordsworth

" Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both. "

" 'Life, Love & Hope' is... I'm thinking 'larger picture.' I'm not trying to preach to anyone. We all get lost and caught up in our everyday problems. Your cellphone doesn't work or you got a parking ticket, you had a bad day at work. You can lose sight of the really important things in life; that's what the song is about. "

" On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously. "

Kathryn Bigelow

" You can't go around chasing your own plays and showing up every time somebody does one somewhere. You just cross your fingers and hope that they're OK. "

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

" Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. "

Emily Dickinson

" I am saying that in Wales here we have a very clear election commitment and I hope, and I will express this view, I hope that every individual member of the Labour Party, will understand that and will strive to achieve unity so that we can deliver the yes vote in the Autumn. "

" I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.' "

" The foundation that has made America that last, best hope on earth hasn't gone anywhere. It still exists. It is up to us to return to it. "

" To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime. "

" I hope to continue to inspire our nation's youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math so they, too, may reach for the stars. "

" If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America. "

Eldridge Cleaver

" How arrogant - how very far from humility - would be the self-satisfied, smug assurance that God, a tidy-up-after-us God will come and clean up our mess? Hope for a nanny God, who will with a miracle grant us amnesty from our folly - that's not aligned with either history or the text of the Bible. "

Sheldon Whitehouse

" Hope and purpose in this world is living as best as you can and maybe having life that gives back. But simply giving back isn't purpose; it's a branch of purpose, but it is not the trunk or root of the tree. "

" Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope for a new focus on the craft. "

" We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential. "

" I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife. "

" I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way. "

" Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation. "

" Every place has a story - or a thousand stories. Findery brings places to life, be they where you stand or where you hope to go. "

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

Georges Bernanos

" Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money. "

Jef I. Richards

" My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for. "

" Sometimes nationalism can be jingoistic - even fascistic - but it can also be a constructive impetus that helps to unify a nation. Those whose nationalist critique of parties finds resonance with masses of voters can acquire vast power. We can only hope that they know what to do with it. "

" I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away. "

" I try to vote as left as I can. I hope that my paintings will coincide and be far left, but frequently... the painting rebels and goes fascist on me. "

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