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The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the di

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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Free will and determinism are like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism. The way you play your hand is free will. – Norman Cousins

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Will, Willpower
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Norman Cousins
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The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives – the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. – Norman Cousins

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Death
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Norman Cousins
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Hope
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The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. – Norman Cousins

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Hope

I think, my generation, its hard to have hope when you got a $700-trillion derivatives debt to pay and a bubble about to explode and $500 trillion worth of GDP. – Shia LaBeouf

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Hope

I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it. – David Duchovny

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Hope

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. – Albert Einstein

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Hope

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