Donna Lynn Hope quote: "I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who have both, have it all."

I like weird. Conformity bores but is inescapable for the most part. We all follow something, even i...
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Truth and integrity must be so rare these days that it confuses people when they hear it.
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I write for ghosts; the ghosts I can’t see but I know stick around. Some I know are good. Others I...
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Would it discourage a stalker from stalking if he knew that they knew?
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The most beautiful women I have known had one thing in common apart from beauty: humility. It's a sh...
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When I say I'm going to forget you I know it's impossible to forget someone I once knew. What I want...
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Have you seen what wolves do to their prey? But they do mate for life.
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If you have to speculate if someone loves you and wants to be with you, chances are they don't. It's...
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When they want you in secret they don’t really want you. They want the adventure. Give them one by...
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Soul mates may be linked, but fight to separate, causing wounds and confusion. They teach what no on...
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There was once a spirited feral mustang broken in by her stern rider. It was a harmonious relationsh...
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A friendship has but one chief adversary and that is envy. It is sired by resentment with the potent...
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I never imagined a love so pure, nor a hate that could be so cruel.
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When he called she tried not to break down, but voice so often betrays emotion and her's wept, "He l...
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When it comes to parental alienation or grandparent alienation, we walk around with the overwhelming...
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Can I be trusted? Can you? I can be trusted with some things, but not all things, just like you.
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Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim.
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I shivered as the cold was all encompassing, not just from being outdoors, but from being read as we...
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She walked in somber seclusion, unable to connect with women despite her heart's desire to do so whi...
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People care much more for how things look than how things are.
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Powerful words that penetrate the psyche are not forgotten while silence is.
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Some people are far more cognizant than others but sensitivity has its own cross to bear and ample i...
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Chivalry: It's the little boy that kisses my hand, the young man who holds the door open for me, and...
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Only strong women, and they seem to be rare, can handle a frank and direct woman who doesn't sweet-t...
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Connecting with someone is not necessarily a bond with a significant other, or even a friend, but ca...
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The spider's web: She finds an innocuous corner in which to spin her web. The longer the web takes, ...
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I am not one to chase my prey. It either crosses my lips or is tossed away.
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She doesnt want your dark embrace. She'll let you hold her for a short time but she won’t submit t...
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I challenge a man to a duel before allowing him near me, and then I take an arrow, dip it in poison,...
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You've invaded my mind and I can't get you out of it," he accused with discernible disdain. She avoi...
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There is the love that I love but don't want to love and try to bleed out so the love that I want bu...
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In addition to unfinished business, some ghosts haunt so that they will be remembered.
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He studied the woman before him, not as lovely as she once was, ordinary in appearance, scarred by l...
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Anger met with anger only increases enmity rather than diffusing a tense situation. Anger, in turn, ...
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Strangers were a fairytale full of
possibilities not yet corrupted by reality while caregivers...
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No, we aren't civilized, even in our business suits and high heels. People are as mean as ever, and ...
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She never wants to get to the point where she looks forward to hearing from someone. Once you look f...
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She was a surprise, and let's face it, few people are.
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She is playing a game that she doesn't want to play, but can't seem to quit. As a player she wishes ...
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My fear is that he'll forget me," she bemoaned with crystalline sadness. I took her hand, limp with ...
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Some people, who always talk about how busy they are, are really trying to claim how 'important' the...
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The black widow, who had dispatched a lover or two, was sought out for her wisdom. The young spider ...
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Some families are an odd melting pot of strangers with the occasional offering of obligation.
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She has never understood, nor been able to relate to a herd mentality. She doesn't get along with fo...
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It is easy, and therefore uninspiring, to love within the norms of acceptance and society. Other tha...
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If love comes to you in a way that isn't the norm then at least it came to you; not everyone is that...
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She has her helmet, shield and sword. Does she finish him or take pity on the gutless thing before h...
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The agony of the empath is feeling their pain but being unable to save them from it.
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Some things you sentence yourself to life for.
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If you're nice, decent, attractive, get good grades and are talented, no one wants to read about tha...
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He seems to think that just because his Cobra can slither up to hers, stand taller and more dominant...
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I wonder if pain comes from surrendering or resisting?
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If its danger you seek, come on over. I covet tranquility but beget the tempest storm.
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How different would people act if they couldn't show off on social media? Would they still do it?
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Oh yes, even I cry. Just not over you. Who is "you?" The one who has to ask or the one who doesn't?
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You can not argue with stupid but you can certainly play with it.
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Warriors want a worthy opponent. There is no redress in fighting the pathetic.
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If you have to boast about what you do for a living to attract attention, attraction or approval, th...
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Many want to be a warrior but they don't know what a lonely, tough, or pain staking journey it is. W...
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We deny more than we confess. We hide more than we reveal. We assume because it makes us feel expose...
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Special ops have earned the right to boast and don’t; you’re just a wannabee, which is why you d...
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Not only are the poorest people the most generous but they don't expect anything in return, least of...
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Envy, as distasteful as it is, has seeped into my mind on rare occasions, and those I've envied, alt...
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At least with zombies I know my enemy and I know what to do: Aim and shoot. It's not so easy with pe...
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Why do people assume? If I hate you, I'll tell you. In this case, it's not hate. It's hurt. I'll lic...
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Be careful how you live. Someone is always watching and will look to you as an example, an excuse, o...
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The world needs them - the ones who absorb the emotions of others, which diminishes their pain and d...
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Apathy. What’s hard to understand? They don’t care. Not until it affects them.
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I thought I would prefer apathy over this," I confided to her. "Why?" she asked. "Are you saying you...
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We start our sometimes tedious, sometimes exciting, often times sad and stressful march to the grave...
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I'm not opposed to aging - even though society is kinder on men than women when it comes to getting ...
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Affliction equips the suffering to empathize with others in anguish and not only does it strengthen ...
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People like us are dead to society unless we’re pretentious, tell people what they want to hear, t...
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I'm drawn to unusual, even freakish people. Why? They are far more engaging than the ordinary, which...
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The most interesting people are the unusual. No one writes about or discusses the average, the ordin...
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I'd rather be befriended as an aimless lost soul than be befriended for adornment, gain or goal.
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I think part of your attraction to him is the draw of the unknown, of being different, even special....
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Don't allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts. If they don't find you w...
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Loyalty. Is it something only dogs know?
When I think of it, I wonder if I would rather have it...
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When people feel the need to declare that they are not basic...that's when you know they're basic.
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In a social media world, the danger is being overexposed and when something is overexposed it is no ...
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Weird people don't care if they're weird. They are the most entertaining to converse with because no...
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I think anyone who opened their heart enough to love without restraint and subsequently were devasta...
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What have I to prove, and to whom, and why? I'm keen enough to want nothing more than to live a simp...
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While struggling with all the loss in her life, she mournfully thought, "If only I could forget..." ...
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She was told it was magnetism that kept them engaged, and how do you separate magnets? You force the...
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Neither one of them could turn off their feelings, even with so much time and distance between them....
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The only stirrups I like are on a saddle.
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Three kinds of people get talked about: The fascinating, the freaks and the nefarious.
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She may be crazy but at least she isn't you.
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It will be a welcome change for her to feel his hands on her hips and his breath in her hair; She's ...
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It is always ridiculous to imagine yourself superior to other people. Still, lots of people do.
DONNA LYNN HESS

There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no long...
HOPE SOLO

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both person...
HOPE SOLO

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person. I'm sorry.
HOPE SOLO

I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The l...
HOPE SOLO

There are so many wonderful, wonderful musicians in the world, I cannot possibly make a distinction ...
DANIEL HOPE

A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
ANTHONY HOPE

You should regard each meeting with a friend as a sitting he is unwillingly giving you for a portrai...
HOPE MIRRLEES

The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.
BOB HOPE

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast. About Russia
BOB HOPE

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
ANTHONY HOPE

Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.
BOB HOPE

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
BOB HOPE

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
ANTHONY HOPE

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BOB HOPE

Never Forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away...
ALEXANDER HOPE

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
BOB HOPE

I do benefits for all religions -- I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
BOB HOPE

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
BOB HOPE

They'll always be an England, even if it's in Hollywood.
BOB HOPE

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
BOB HOPE

If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
BOB HOPE

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
BOB HOPE

People who throw kisses are mighty, hopelessly lazy.
BOB HOPE

It sure has been a pleasure for us to broadcast for the sailors and soldiers; besides, its part of t...
BOB HOPE

I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people
BOB HOPE

My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar - I went steady with a woodpecker till ...
BOB HOPE

I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.
BOB HOPE

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
BOB HOPE

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
BOB HOPE

Zsa Zsa Gabor got married as a one off, and it was so successful she turned it into a series.
BOB HOPE

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.
BOB HOPE

The program is nearly over! I can feel the audience is still with me but if I run faster I can shak...
BOB HOPE

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. -Bob Hope.
BOB HOPE

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.
BOB HOPE

Your ignorance cramps my conversation
BOB HOPE

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
BOB HOPE

I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.
HOPE SOLO

If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they br...
JOHN HOPE

One thing I've learned through all the ups and downs is that if you're doing things right, t...
HOPE SOLO

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's ...
BOB HOPE

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
BOB HOPE

Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
BOB HOPE

A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.
BOB HOPE

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
BOB HOPE

I do benefits for all religions - I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
BOB HOPE

I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money.
BOB HOPE

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.
BOB HOPE

I've always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there.
BOB HOPE

I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.
BOB HOPE

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?
BOB HOPE

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.
BOB HOPE

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - ...
BOB HOPE

You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.
BOB HOPE

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
BOB HOPE

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
BOB HOPE

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
BOB HOPE

We have sat on the river bank and caught catfish with pin hooks. The time has come to harpoon a whal...
JOHN HOPE

When I was a boy, the only thing which captivated me as much as music was the night sky.
DANIEL HOPE

I am deeply aware of the pain caused to any victim of child abuse, especially at the hands of a trus...
DAVID HOPE

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?
ANTHONY HOPE

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
ANTHONY HOPE

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.
ANTHONY HOPE

Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
ANTHONY HOPE

His foe was folly and his weapon wit.
ANTHONY HOPE

[Dangerous characters abound in] Sweeney Todd. ... The Worst Pies in London.
ANTHONY HOPE

Oh, for an hour of Herod!
ANTHONY HOPE

Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you prob...
ANTHONY HOPE

Good families are generally worse than any others.
ANTHONY HOPE

I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never kn...
HOPE SOLO

When I was in my teens, Yehudi Menuhin, who was at work on his project 'The Music of Man,' i...
DANIEL HOPE

She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.
BOB HOPE

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, e...
BOB HOPE

Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, ...
HOPE DAVIS

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.
BOB HOPE

I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.
BOB HOPE

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents ...
BOB HOPE

Being responsible and taking care of your body is truly how you make your pay cheque, how you excel ...
HOPE SOLO

What people need to remember is they are eternal beings and that they never die."~Kuan Yin
HOPE BRADFORD

One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I do...
HOPE SOLO

I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to...
HOPE SOLO

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement.
JOHN HOPE

You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth ...
HOPE SOLO

I'm way too disorganized.
HOPE DAVIS

No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties.
BOB HOPE

I don't know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House.
BOB HOPE

I don't generally feel anything until noon; then it's time for my nap.
BOB HOPE

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
BOB HOPE

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
BOB HOPE

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.
BOB HOPE

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -...
BOB HOPE

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - ...
BOB HOPE

My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I w...
HOPE SOLO

You know what I have noticed? And this is really sad. Flying first class is less scary than flying c...
HOPE DAVIS

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for wo...
HOPE DAVIS

At the age of eight, I bought my first telescope and would spend hours gazing at the moon and stars....
DANIEL HOPE

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?
ANTHONY HOPE

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter....
HOPE SOLO

I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyll...
HOPE SOLO

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four ...
HOPE SOLO

It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where...
HOPE SOLO

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the ...
HOPE SOLO

Troy is different. He is not what people think of as your typical professional athlete.
CHRIS HOPE

I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-ye...
HOPE SOLO

What this poll shows is that the election is still wide open, and that political campaigns do have a...
ALEJANDRO HOPE

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.
HOPE SOLO

Claire is a role that easily could be unsympathetic and one-dimensional, but the always wonderful Da...
HOPE DAVIS

The cattle crouched round them in soft shadowy clumps, placidly munching, and dreaming with wide-ope...
HOPE MIRRLEES

I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who have both, have it all.

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I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind. Those who have both, have it all.

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