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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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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. Hes not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, hes really needed. – Vaclav Havel

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Change
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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life but that it bothers him less and less. – Vaclav Havel

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Apathy
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None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events. – Vaclav Havel

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Masses
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He that waits for a dead mans shoes may long go barefoot. – Proverb

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The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patients hopes are the physicians secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription. – Norman Cousins

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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom. – Salman Khan

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To me, were marketing hope. – Joel Osteen

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Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable, but it fails to capture the publics imagination. What does get people excited is the prospect of a mission to Mars. – Paul Davies

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I rely on guns for protection in life. God does not say, This is la-la land. God doesnt say, Welcome to Earth. Everythings perfect. Theres no crime. Theres no murder. Theres no death. The world is imperfect, and you have to be on guard. – Luke Scott

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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