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		The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we exist in the hope of something better. Hope means keeping going, thinking, ‘I can do this.’ It brings inner strength, self-confidence , the ability to do what you do honestly, truthfully and transparently.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yao Ming 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Thompson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skulls and confiscate their properties. Now their biggest enemy is the army of lazy bums, whose lifestyle of indolence and hedonism, financed by crippling taxes on the rich, is sucking the lifeblood out of the economy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ha-Joon Chang 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack McBrayer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vera Farmiga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. E. B. Du Bois 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rachel Nichols 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. Edgar Hoover 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Ladies and babies, and mortgages, for that matter, can all wait. Acting has done a strange thing to me, though. I often sit there, thinking, 'I love this, but I wouldn't put my daughter on the stage.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Redmayne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rand Paul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hollywood forgets easily. I want to be fulfilled and challenged. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Jaeger