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Quote by Joseph Addison
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. – Joseph Addison

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Im moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasnt clear. If people think youre leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where theyre coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope Im just moving on right now. – Regis Philbin

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Hope

I am a beneficiary of the American peoples generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here. – Madeleine Albright

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Hope

Some people think Im a total moron and I would hope most people think Im very good at what I do. – Dan Abrams

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Hope

I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness. – Shania Twain

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Hope

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I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that I had learned a lot from him. I really loved Frank like you do a brother. – Jimmy Carl Black

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Friendship

I dont get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing – that around the world everybodys after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day. – Paul Thomas Anderson

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Happiness

Telling lies does not work in advertising. – Tim Bell

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Advertising

Im sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I dont think theres any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock. – Howard Stern

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Religion