“Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said, if I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor.”
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“I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope to do when I make a film - to get under your skin and really make you think about something, and have a transporting time that takes you somewhere.”
“Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.”
“There was a moment in my life when I really wanted to kill myself. And there was one other moment when I was close to that. But even in my most jaded times, I had some hope.”
“So we just hope that all of these governors who are grappling will be able to provide the basic services to our citizens and not have to cut things that really are painful.”
“There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.”
“I hope to be an actor and never retire.”
“Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did.”
“The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.'”
“Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.”
“You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance.”
“But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.”
“I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life.”
“People tend to overstate my resilience, but, of course, I hope they're right.”
“I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.”
“I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride.”
“When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
“Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.”
“Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.”
“It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.”
“Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.”
“I hope I can help guys come out and say, 'All right, dude, I got a manicure... and I liked it.'”
“I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms.”
“It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.”