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" I define the American dream as the ability to imagine a way that you want your life to turn out, and have a reasonable hope that you can achieve that. "

David Henry Hwang

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" In the long run, a flexible sentencing procedure which works to rehabilitate offenders offers the best hope in the majority of cases in the Federal courts. "

" Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. "

" There is something very unique in American iconography about this notion of the pursuit of happiness. "

David Henry Hwang

" I was always a fan of the old-style comics. I loved vaudeville. I loved Milton Berle, Dick Shawn, Phyllis Diller, Don Rickles, Charlie Callas, all those guys. Hilarious. I love the Bing Crosby and Bob Hope movies, and Abbott & Costello. My television influences were 'Monty Python's Flying Circus,' 'Benny Hill,' and 'Hee Haw.' "

Larry the Cable Guy

" It would be fun to do a reunion show. I hope we do it some day, but it better be soon. We're all getting on. "

William Christopher

" When students get into a great university, it's a huge aspirational lift for their village. These students become beacons of hope. "

" The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. "

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

Abraham Lincoln

" I always believe things are going to work out. "

Francoise Sagan

" I am almost famous in China, because I have that Broadway cachet. "

David Henry Hwang

" What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go. "

" A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope. "

Charles M. Schulz

" Hope for the best, survive the worst, find humor wherever you can. "

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

" My long struggles as a soldier of the Chinese Revolution have forced me to realize the necessity of facing hard facts. There will be neither peace, nor hope, nor future for any of us unless we honestly aim at political, social and economic justice for all peoples of the world, great and small. "

Chiang Kai-shek

" My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didn't mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But it's good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable. "

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

Laurie Hernandez

" 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

" Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. "

" He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope. "

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

" The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for. "

Bryant H. McGill

" What do actors really want? To be great actors? Yes, but you can't buy talent, so it's best to leave the word 'great' out of it. I think to be believed, onstage or onscreen, is the one hope that all actors share. "

" Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. "

" When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things. "

" I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster. "

" All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope? "

" China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them. "

" Curiosity is what keeps me open to a sense of hope. It staves off negativity. "

Carrie Brownstein

" Our shared conservative values, our belief in the individual is the great hope of our nation. "

" Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work. "