“The history of mankind proves that at some point the people have their innings, and I think we’re about to come up to bat now. I think we can make it if we live and let live. And love one another—I mean really love.”— Frank Sinatra, reprints.longform.org
“It's okay son... I know you want this to be over. I'm right here. I will be right here... But you don't give up. You hear me?”— Hugh Glass, imdb.com
“As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight. You breathe...keep breathing.”— Hugh Glass, rottentomatoes.com
“It has been the hope of every patriot that a sense of justice and of respect for the law would work a gradual cure of these flagrant evils. Surely no one supposes that the present can be accepted as a permanent condition. If it is said that these communities must work out this problem for themselves…”— Benjamin Harrison, en.wikiquote.org
“Some came today, Mrs. Jackson, to say good-bye to Michael. I came to say, thank you. Thank you because you never stopped. Thank you because you never gave up. Thank you because you never gave out. Thank you because you tore down divisions. Thank you because you eradicated barriers. Thank you because…”— Al Sharpton, amazon.com
“Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the anxious question is asked: will such an oppressive regime really give us democracy? And the answer has to be: democracy, like liberty, justice and other soc…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“I knew that a terrible thing was going to happen, and I also knew that it was going to be okay somehow. I thought that I couldn’t bear it, but then I found out that I could.”— Kate DiCamillo, time.com
“But no public man in these islands ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means; and I have no reason to hope that Mr Coote may be an exception to the rule.”— George Bernard Shaw, en.wikiquote.org
“I wish you clarity tonight. Clarity of self, clarity of purpose, a direct line between who you want to be and how to get there.”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.”— Jim Henson, goodreads.com
“I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope—the door of opportunity—is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.”— Theodore Roosevelt, theodorerooseveltcenter.org
“We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children…”— Sam Houston, famoustexans.com
“I hope that Congress can protect net neutrality, so I can continue to innovate in the internet space. I want to see the explosion of innovations happening out there on the Web, so diverse and so exciting, continue unabated.”— Tim Berners-Lee, en.wikiquote.org
“History says, don’t hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.”— Seamus Heaney, amazon.com
“She's out there. Setting up camp. Alone, in a strange galaxy. Maybe right now she's settling in for the long nap. At the light of our new sun. In our new home.”— Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, Murph, Ellen Burstyn, amazon.com