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.
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Nationality: Czechoslovakian Type: Leader Born: October 5, 1936 |
“Often, these downplay the power of cultural imperialism - in that sense, playing the game of US interests - by reassuring us that the global success of American mass culture is not as bad as all that.”
“Anti-Americanism from abroad would not be such a problem if Americans were united in standing up for their own country.”