939 private quotes tagged hope

“To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.” — Miguel de Cervantes

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“I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.” — Orson Scott Card

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“No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.” — Josh Radnor

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“In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!” — Bryant H. McGill

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“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty.” — David Hume

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“Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.” — John Ciardi

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“The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.” — Thomas Huxley

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“Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.” — Democritus

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“In the social business marketplace, brands that hope to build loyal and growing communities do so most effectively when they demonstrate their core values and allow a community to build and engage around it.” — Simon Mainwaring

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“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.” — Stanley Kubrick

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“I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery.” — Sarah McLachlan

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“I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.” — George Foreman

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“From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever That dead men rise up never That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.” — Algernon Charles Swinburne

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“Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.” — Frances Rodman

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“Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.” — Will Durst

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“Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.” — Martha Beck

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“No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.” — Ed Koch

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“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.” — Henry Miller

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“At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.” — Jesse Jackson

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“I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.” — Tadao Ando

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“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.” — Nikos Kazantzakis

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“TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more.” — Sharon Stone

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“I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.” — Kevin Smith

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“Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.” — Claude Debussy

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“There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.” — Jonas Salk

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