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We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation. -

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation. – Ivan Illich

Other quotes by Ivan Illich

Effective health care depends on self-care this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery. – Ivan Illich

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Health
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Ivan Illich
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Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isnt organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals. – Ivan Illich

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Health
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The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts. – Ivan Illich

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Attitude
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Other Quotes from
Hope
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I hope to one day co-sign a lease with another person but, well, it doesnt plague me that I have yet to do so. Put it this way: Ive never had to violently tug at my own pillow at 2 A.M. to get myself to stop snoring. – Sloane Crosley

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Hope

I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world. – Lech Walesa

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Hope

Wheres the hope that can abate
The grief of hearts thus desolate
That can Youths keenest pangs assuage,
And mitigate the gloom of Age?
Religion bids the tempest cease,
And, leads her to a port of peace;
And on, the lonely pilot steers
Through the lapse of future years. – Thomas Haynes Bayly

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Hope

I hope that when Im 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding. – Jennifer Hudson

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Hope

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I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesnt play, it has a poignancy to it. – Jim Jarmusch

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Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage – theyve experienced pain and bought jewelry. – Rita Rudner

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Friendship is one mind in two bodies. – Mencius

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Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain. – Gene Tierney

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