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Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
Christopher Alexander, Architect (1936) |
Clifton Davis, Actor (1945) |
Roy Evans, Athlete (1948) |
Brendan Gill, Critic (1914) |
Chuck Hagel, Politician (1946) |
Marv Harshman, Coach (1917) |
Barbara Johnson, Critic (1947) |
Joseph P. Kennedy III, Politician (1980) |
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Soldier (1903) |
Buster Keaton, Actor (1895) |
Janis Joplin, Musician (1970) |