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Seanmw
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17 May 2010, 6:57 am

"Hope for everything, but expect nothing" :)

it may take some thinking about.
because at first glance it may seem contradictory.


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17 May 2010, 7:23 am

I have the same leaning. Expectations can lead to frustration, and projections can also go beyond reality. So, the challenge is to have hope without only ever merely hoping.


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17 May 2010, 7:50 am

I'd prefer 'work towards everything', or something like that, because hope won't get you anywhere.


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17 May 2010, 12:18 pm

Seanmw wrote:
"Hope for everything, but expect nothing" :)

it may take some thinking about.
because at first glance it may seem contradictory.


Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. - Antonio Gramsci



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17 May 2010, 5:11 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:
Seanmw wrote:
"Hope for everything, but expect nothing" :)

it may take some thinking about.
because at first glance it may seem contradictory.


Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. - Antonio Gramsci
interesting :o , i've never heard of that quote before.

I just came up with mine on my own :) .


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17 May 2010, 6:23 pm

I agree with the sentiment, but agree also with you_are_what_you_is in that hope is a misnomer, it's almost got a theistic quality to it, which i dislike.

I had a version myself ... and I just thought of it again, after ... hrm, it's been years...

"Shoot for the sun, and you just might hit the moon!"



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17 May 2010, 9:59 pm

Exclavius wrote:
I agree with the sentiment, but agree also with you_are_what_you_is in that hope is a misnomer, it's almost got a theistic quality to it, which i dislike.

I had a version myself ... and I just thought of it again, after ... hrm, it's been years...

"Shoot for the sun, and you just might hit the moon!"

Only during a solar eclipse 8O

"Shoot for the sun! If you're close enough to hit that thing, you're already a dead man!" :D


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