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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.


E.B. White

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COLSON WHITEHEAD I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.
STUDS TERKEL I hope that in my books there's an undertone of politics, basic tenets of how we should live.
JASPER FFORDE I'm a journalist; I love doing interviews, and I hope that will continue.
DAVID GREGORY I hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics.
SAM REED I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.
KATARINA WITT Being present is being connected to All Things.
S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
HANSJORG WYSS I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
LAURA LINNEY I believe that all things are possible under God.
BROOKE ELLIOTT I hope that my family will continue in another thousand years.
FREDERIK, CROWN PRINCE OF DENMARK On the technical side, I hope that my writing is evolving and maturing, ripening, deepening.
JHUMPA LAHIRI This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on...
WILL ARNETT To the voices in our heads that tell us we aren't good enough: do be quiet.
CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER My girls are great at making fun of Dad. They're never impressed with anything I do. I love that...
ALEX RODRIGUEZ I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they ...
BRIAN CLOUGH There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that...
KIEFER SUTHERLAND I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I'...
RAFAEL PALMEIRO I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.
RAFAEL PALMEIRO Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
KATE WALSH I hope that I have had some effect on the fact that Israel is a start-up nation.
DAN SHECHTMAN Even after the dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') has gone, people will say, "I saw you eat...
DADA BHAGWAN I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented.
JOHN MAYER I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the t...
OCTAVIA SPENCER All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Who am I? I am that. Nothing can change that. Words, intellect and concepts can never reach that. It...
AMIT RAY I'm sure that I know that, it's behind one of all doors.
DEYTH BANGER I hope that they are finding satisfaction. I'm in no way making a judgment. I know it doesn'...
RANDY HARRISON I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.
LIU XIAOBO If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by...
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM I know I often get a job because of how I look. I hope that I keep the job because of how I act.
THEO JAMES I deeply regret those situations that have blemished the image of the University of Oklahoma, and I ...
BRIAN BOSWORTH All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is t...
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH I believe that in this world it is impossible to understand God.
PAT BUCKLEY I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.
TERESA HEINZ KERRY I hope that he will, in time, that he will say more, ... Face the Nation.
JESSE JACKSON Let's say since it is a humanitarian product I hope to God that we're not down to that.
BEN R. LAFORTUNE He got hosed today. I hope I can say that without getting in trouble.
SCOTT EYRE I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am...
AISHA TYLER I believe that I have such a vanilla life.
JEN LANCASTER I believe that I have always told the truth.
ADOLFO AGUILAR ZINSER I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken.
ROBERT KIYOSAKI All I say is don't fall in love with this world,
JIM BAKKER All what we hope for is that a day will come, when we have all gone, when people will say that this ...
HUSSEIN OF JORDAN I hope that when I'm 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding.
JENNIFER HUDSON In my head, the fact that I have only two more films to make is pushing me. I say: "Oh my God, I've ...
LUC BESSON I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for i...
EAMONN WALKER I love my country, but I believe that we are too quick to censor nudity.
EVA MENDES I do believe that we are to love our enemies and do good to those who persecute you. I believe that ...
MICHAEL MOORE My poor body, madam, requires it: I am driven on by the flesh; and he must needs go that the devil d...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.
WINSTON CHURCHILL Even when all is falling apart there is still hope in the world. Hope, a shining beacon that allows ...
AVINA CELESTE I love my country, and it hurts not to be able to see my country, as I did for so many years. I hope...
FERNANDO BOTERO To all those who look towards the pessimistic side that the future will be bleak, I have one thing t...
LIAM WEATHERHEAD When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. ...
ERIK PEVERNAGIE I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter.
YAKOV SMIRNOFF As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my childre...
INGRID BETANCOURT I live on hope and that I think do all Who come into this world.
ROBERT BRIDGES They say the good Lord doesn't charge you for the days you hunt and fish, and I believe that.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF I think this is one of the most important pieces that I've ever done. I hope it will be inspirationa...
BARBARA WALTERS The chemistry of love is something which is extremely extremely unbelievable. This is something we h...
LENNART NILSSON Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story.
DON SNYDER I say good-bye to hope, but I also say goodbye to hope's disappointment.
DAVID LEVITHAN I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more...
SAMINA BAIG I hope that I inspire women to believe in themselves, no matter where they come from; no matter what...
MADONNA CICCONE I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own total...
BARNETT NEWMAN I hope that people will realize that the struggle to make a life better with a sibling is worth it.
MARIE BRENNER I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maint...
NOAM CHOMSKY I hope that by 2050 the entire solar system will have been explored and mapped by flotillas of tiny ...
MARTIN REES I hope that the institution will succeed in maximizing students' potential in the same way. I wi...
AMAR BOSE I hope that Requiem is better than Pi. I hope that Pi is better than my student films, and I'm h...
DARREN ARONOFSKY I hope that, somewhere, Mom and Dad are proud that little Walter is performing with the Mormon Taber...
WALTER CRONKITE I hope that people like us next year like they liked us last year.
ETHAN SUPLEE I hope that nobody has ever had to look at anybody they love through glass.
JAMES BALDWIN I believe that a politician needs to be with people.
RAHUL GANDHI I believe that fate is choices - it's not chance.
WAYNE NEWTON I believe that dogma is often evil.
PAT BUCKLEY I believe that sex is good and so is the body.
PAT BUCKLEY You are the ultimate freedom, peace and bliss - free from the trace of desire, fear and doubts.
AMIT RAY As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates.
PHILLIP E. JOHNSON I believe that Obamacare is bad for America.
DAN WEBSTER I have a 6-year-old niece who doesn't look like the majority of girls on the covers of magazines...
PRABAL GURUNG I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all...
RIHANNA I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: &...
STUDS TERKEL A person often saying ‘I LOVE YOU ALL’ to the people is just ensuring merely oneself each time t...
ANUJ SOMANY I never want a girl to lose all hope that her life can’t completely turn around, even if she feels...
JENNIFER ELISABETH We are tournament specialists. I hope we will still be able to say that on Thursday.
DIETMAR HAMANN I hope and pray that you can always continue to say, 'I'm proud to be a Catholic,'
ADAM MAIDA I certainly hope it will do what people say that it will do,
WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
ABBY WAMBACH I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their ta...
BILL KELLER I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - w...
EDWARD JENNER I hope people in Northern Ireland turn away from those voices that are simply always going to say no...
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SARAH BRIGHTMAN People say it's kind of uplifting to them. Inspiring and uplifting, ... I hope I can continue to mak...
ERIC JOHNSON I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.
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BARRY WHITE People are always looking for me to be a freak, weird.
BARRY WHITE I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me...
BARRY WHITE I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I...
BARRY WHITE We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beg...
BARRY WHITE The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Tho...
BARRY WHITE When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my ha...
BARRY WHITE I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was...
BARRY WHITE As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every wor...
BARRY WHITE I went to jail at 16 for stealing tires off Cadillacs. When I got out I said, Never again.
BARRY WHITE There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
BARRY WHITE I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
BARRY WHITE I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 19...
BARRY WHITE I try to tell a story musically in a song.
BARRY WHITE When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.
BARRY WHITE Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
BARRY WHITE If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's ag...
SHAUN WHITE I've always been under the impression that it would be such a bummer to be in a peaceful place l...
SHAUN WHITE Apparently, there's a little red demon dwarf that haunts the city, and before every major bad th...
MEG WHITE It is amazing how generous people really are. This has really been a great thing.
ALAN WHITE Our strategy is to focus on those areas where we can have a good competitive advantage, so we do thi...
ALAN WHITE It's too bad that the taxpayers have to bear the brunt of additional bills,
ALAN WHITE Obasanjo has absolutely no control over this guy, ... like a head of state down there.
ALAN WHITE It is a great relief to finally have won our first game, especially against such a strong side as Ro...
ALAN WHITE Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.
HALE WHITE There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art ...
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