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Quote by George Eliot
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness o

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

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Death is the king of this world: Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. – George Eliot

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Death
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George Eliot
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Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths? – George Eliot

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Insects
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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all. – Emily Dickinson

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I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do. – Maynard James Keenan

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I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant. – John F. Kennedy

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If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you dont do it, and it wont happen. – Desiderius Erasmus

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