“I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.”
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“As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct.”
“I hope to bring people to God with my songs.”
“Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I am finished, my piece of land will be a beautiful garden, so there is a lot of work.”
“Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself.”
“It's possible that I've matured as a writer, and I hope I've matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes.”
“Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.”
“I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.”
“If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.”
“One must not hope to be more than one can be.”
“Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.”
“I still believe in a place called Hope.”
“I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.”
“Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.”
“The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there.”
“I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.”
“Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.”
“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.”
“The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.”
“My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.”
“Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.”
“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”
“There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster previously belonged to a pair of lobbyists. Depressing because Mr. Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington, the place we learned to despise during the last administration.”
“In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.”