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" I choose to live without hope to protect myself from disappointment. It's very effective! "

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" The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope. "

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" When I see my own people going through the tough times, it's a wake-up call. I hope my influence can impact someone else's decision to get out here and vote. "

" 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. "

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" A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. "

" I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on. "

" Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow. "

" Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves. "

" The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. "

" Reciprocity helps us balance the need for self-determination and creative individuality with mutual hope and, therefore, what might be described as 'solidarity.' "

" Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for. "

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" If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them. "

" As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief. "

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" If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. "

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" I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do. "

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