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• One hopeful sign that the filmmakers can learn and grow is that the sequel does not contain a single pie, if you know what I mean.

  Roger Ebert

  Mean, Pie, Doe

  Roger Ebert (2003). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2004”, p.24, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Nowadays, to say that we are clever animals is not to say something philosophical and pessimistic but something political and hopeful - namely, if we can work together, we can make ourselves into whatever we are clever and courageous enough to imagine ourselves becoming. This is to set aside Kant's question "What is man?" and to substitute the question "What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren?

  Richard Rorty

  Clever, Philosophical, Animal

  Richard Rorty (1998). “Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers”, p.175, Cambridge University Press

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• I'm a hopeful romantic. In a couple of drinks, I'll be a lucky romantic. That's why they call me Mr. Lucky.

  Chris Isaak

  Couple, Lucky, Drink

  "Chris Isaak is a 'Lucky' new man". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. March 4, 2009.

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• If you pursue meditation with a non-competitive attitude, with a hopeful and helpful attitude, without violence, then you will find that you will become a very benign and powerful being, one who is at peace with himself and the universe.

  Frederick Lenz

  Powerful, Attitude, Buddhism

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• Growing up during the Cold War period, I always found that, although we always thought that the world would end in some sort of nuclear holocaust, at some point, everybody was pretty hopeful.

  George Clooney

  Growing Up, War, Holocaust

  "TOMORROWLAND: George Clooney, Damon Lindelof, and Brad Bird on the Boldness of Originality and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 19, 2015.

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• Hope is the parent of Faith.

  C. A. Bartol

  Hope, Angel, Parent

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• Superiority and success doesn't favor good effort or self-esteem... The mentally precise and physically fit win, while the mediocre and obtuse take solace in hopeful cliches.

  Bobby Knight

  Success, Self Esteem, Winning

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• You know, I think when you are unemployed, especially for a long time, it's hard to be inspired or hopeful almost about anything. So it's tough, especially when there has been such gridlock here in D.C. You know, when we are fighting and can't get anything done, whether you are liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, no one wins.

  Peter Welch

  Fighting, Thinking, Winning

  "Congressman Welch: We in Congress have to look in the mirror". "On the Record", www.foxnews.com. January 24, 2012.

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• The increase in accidents is disappointing. But the decrease in total fatalities is a hopeful sign.

  Mark Rosenker

  Disappointing, Increase, Decrease

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• We know the product is going to stink. We know that because we live in the world, and we know that everything stinks. We all believe, Hey, maybe this one wont stink. We are a hopeful species. Stupid but hopeful. But were happy in that moment between the commercial and the purchase. And I think spending your life trying to dupe innocent people out of hard-won earnings to buy useless, low-quality, misrepresented items and services is an excellent use of your energy.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Stupid, Believe, Thinking

  "Jerry Seinfeld Gets Brutally Honest About Advertising in This Hilarious Speech at the Clios". www.adweek.com. October 02, 2014.

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• What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in marriage to reconcile and forge a union. Why I don't know. Biological imperative Divine law Or just a desire to connect to that mysterious other In any case, it's always struck me as a hopeful thing.

  Andrew Schneider

  Men, Law, Two

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• I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Country, Littles, Serious

  "Peace activist Leymah Gbowee". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 5, 2011.

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• This high proportion of history's decisive campaigns, the significance of which is enhanced by the comparative rarity of the direct approach, enforces the conclusion that the indirect is by far the most hopeful and economic form of strategy.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, Direct Approach, Campaigns

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• I am hopeful that others who have suffered sexual harassment will not become discouraged by my experience, but instead will find the strength to speak out about this serious problem.

  Anita Hill

  Speaks Out, Serious, Problem

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• For it was only after I could become President of this country that I could really see in all its hopeful and troubling implications just how much the hopes of our citizens and the security of our Nation and the real strength of our democracy depended upon the learning and the understanding of our people.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Education, Country, Real

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1967). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966”, p.773, Best Books on

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• It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought.

  Alice Hegan Rice

  Fashion, Expectations, Form

  Alice Hegan Rice (2013). “My Pillow Book”, p.87, Read Books Ltd

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• It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring. It is characteristic of genius to break up the artificial arrangements of conventionalism, and to view mankind in true perspective, in their gradations of inherent rather than of adventitious worth. Genius is therefore essentially democratic, and has always been so.

  Harriet Martineau

  Views, Perspective, Genius

  Harriet Martineau (1837). “Society in America”, p.14

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• We have always believed that our people can stand on no higher ground than the school ground, or can enter any more hopeful room than the classroom. We blend time and faith and knowledge in our schools - not only to create educated citizens, but also to shape the destiny of this great Republic.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Education, School, Destiny

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• No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over-hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue.

  Theodore Parker

  Long, Despair, Virtue

  Theodore Parker (1865). “Lessons from the World of Matter and the World of Man”, p.39

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• Everybody's still talking about diplomacy and I'm very hopeful that as long as we talk about diplomacy, as long as we're not talking about enforcement measures, sanctions, et cetera, we are on the right track. But we need to accelerate the process.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Talking, Long, Track

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• Solar power is one of the most hopeful technologies but still produces about 0.01 percent of U.S. electricity. The U.S. allocates just $159 million for solar research per year - about what we spend in Iraq every nine hours.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Technology, Years, Iraq

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• In retrospect, everything is finite, but prospectively, there are infinite possibilities. I guess that's what makes life hopeful.

  Demetri Martin

  Retrospect, Infinite, Possibility

  Interview with Litsa Dremousis, www.believermag.com. February 2006.

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• I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations working together there in the cause of science set an example of international cooperation.

  Richard E. Byrd

  White, Shining, Together

  Statement made during International Geophysical Year (IGY) operations in 1957, inscribed on the Byrd Memorial at McMurdo Station, Antartica, 1957.

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• In the long term, to defeat this ideology [terrorism] - and they [terrorists] are bound by an ideology - you defeat it with a more hopeful ideology called freedom.

  George W. Bush

  Long, Defeat, Terrorism

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• It's not that people like sad movies that make us feel like, "Oh, my god, what a bummer." We like emotionally moving experiences, where you feel like a slightly different person and you see the world a little different, after you finish. It lets you see your own life, in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good. And even though there might be sad content making this happen, the feeling that you're left with is one that is quite good, quite hopeful, clarifying and uplifting.

  Gayle Forman

  Uplifting, Moving, People

  Source: collider.com

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