"Facing future I see hope, hope that we will survive, hope that we will prosper, hope that once again we will reap the blessings of this magical land, for without hope I cannot live, remember the past but do not dwell there, face the future where all our hopes stand."

-- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

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“Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.”
“Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.”
“I'm not an executive. I can do it, I have the mind for it, but there's a life that you have to lead, and you have to give up your creative freedom. That's what I don't want to give up.”
“Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.”

Source : Steve Allen (1994). “Reflections”
“"My good fellow," retorted Mr. Boffin, "you have my word; and how you can have that, without my honour too, I don't know. I've sorted a lot of dust in my time, but I never knew the two things go into separate heaps."”
“Iâ€™m a bit of an expert on anger, having suffered from it all through my youth, when I was both brunt and font. Itâ€™s certainly the most miserable state to be in but itâ€™s also tremendously gratifying, reallyâ€”rage feels justified. And itâ€™s an excellent substitute for action. Why would you want to sacrifice rage to go about the long, difficult, dreary business of making something more tolerable?”
“To long for love, to have experienced passion's deep pleasure, even once, is to understand the mercilessness of having a human body whose memory rides desire's back unanchored from season to season.”

Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1992). “Islands, the universe, home”, Penguin Group USA
“Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to be boring, and then being a little funny, is much easier. I prefer easier.”

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