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Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Norman Vincent Peale
Age: 95 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 31
Died: 1993
Died: December 24
Author
Psychologist
Writer
Wanting
Evidence
Hope
Right
Going
Something
Eagerly
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