Anna Lappe Quotes
Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. Its simply a choice to take action.
Quotes to Explore
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Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens.
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For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
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There is no doubt that counterterrorism takes time because it is not action against a regular army.
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We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.
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Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.
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I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.
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I don't like to consider myself a normal preacher. When you look at religious people, they're the ones who hung Christ from the cross. I look at myself as a man carrying a message of hope.
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Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.
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I feel blessed that I haven't seen or felt real pain to be immune to it. But I am dreading the time it comes. I feel blessed to have everything going fine. My parents' health is good, my brothers are well-settled, I have a great brother-in-law and my own career is doing fine. I hope and pray that I am fit and fine always.
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Our problem isn't that we're individualists. It's that our individualism is static rather than dynamic. We value what we think rather than what we do. We forget that we haven't done, or been, what we thought; that the first function of life is action, just as the first property of things is motion.
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Looks are temporary and don't mirror what's inside. And usually, a great looking man is so vain. Maybe most good-looking women are too. I hope I'm not!
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I don't know if I'd do an action movie because I don't know if I could keep a straight face; honestly, I just think it's so silly. Like, I love watching them but I can't imagine me doing one.
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I hope people can remember me as the greatest. Who knows?
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I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there.
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Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie.
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Time is no longer endless or the horizon destitute of hope.
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Comics shouldn't be 'tools' for anyone's agenda except for the characters. And I am speaking only of super hero action comics. I love many of the alternative comics that are like journalistic stories. Documentary comics, a mix of reportage and fiction. Those are just great.
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In 2008 all the stars aligned perfectly for Obama's 6-point victory over John McCain. He was an inexperienced, untested neophyte, and successfully convinced enough voters to paint their own version of what hope-and-change was all about on the blank canvas he provided.
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You kind of hope as a musician that you get some recognition for what you do, and when you do, it's nice. It's a really good feeling.
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The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.
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Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.
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A writer's work is to witness things.
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In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.
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Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. Its simply a choice to take action.
