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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. – Thomas Jefferson

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Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? – Thomas Jefferson

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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. – Thomas Jefferson

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The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesnt happen. – Brooke Shields

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If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now. – Charles Schumer

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If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. – Orville Wright

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I dont care what other critics say, I only hope to be played. – Virgil Thomson

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Thats a tough question Ive been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldnt want a 9-5 job. – Will Estes

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At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer, we invariably choose the money. – Ethan Hawke

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My family… always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up. – Emeril Lagasse

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Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three — all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. – Edward Everett Hale

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