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Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. Youre ne

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. Youre never as good as youd like to be. So theres always something to hope for. – Washington Irving

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The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. – Washington Irving

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A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother’s love endures through all. – Washington Irving

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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. – Vaclav Havel

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The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. Its a battle you cant hope to win – its a battle thats going to go on forever. Its part of the human condition. – Christopher Hitchens

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Hope is patience with the lamp lit. – Tertullian

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I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesnt intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife. – E. O. Wilson

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