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Quote by Vaclav Havel
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the c

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It 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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Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. – Vaclav Havel

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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning – in other words, of absurdity – the more energetically meaning is sought. – Vaclav Havel

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Sometimes I wonder if suicides arent in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. – Vaclav Havel

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I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound. – Chelsea Clinton

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Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams. – S.A. Sachs

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I dont think Im a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. – Spike Lee

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I hope that it can relate to and be a blessing to anybody, with the hope that someday they will find Jesus Christ to be the same God that Ive found Him to be. – Jonny Lang

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