Thomas Carlyle - About hope - 125091

"Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.“

-Thomas Carlyle

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Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.

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"If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy."

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"I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys."

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"I was sort of in denial about doing country for awhile but I sort of grew up and realized who I was, what I wanted to say. I think country music is the best music in the world and I'm glad to be doing a country album. I hope people will love it as much as I loved making it."

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"I hope everybody's had fun, because I've enjoyed my ride. I can tell you that. Now it's time to step aside and let some other young kid come in and win. Hopefully, they will, too."

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"It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that were a part of my early life, some who might be following the same paths might not make those same mistakes."

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"There's a lot of great people out here, I just appreciate it and hope everybody has had fun because I've enjoyed my ride."

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