To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.
— Liz Smith
I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.
— Liu Xiaobo
You can never learn it all and I hope to continue my growth as a person and a musician.
— Lita Ford
What I am delivering to Alaska is a future that holds hope and opportunity for jobs, for people in this state.
— Lisa Murkowski
I hope my desire to travel so much isn't forever because it's not the most conducive lifestyle for a relationship or a family by any means.
— Lisa Ling
Publishers have published women's fiction into a corner, and now we are all trying to punch our way out of it. We just have to write the best books we possibly can and hope that, once the pink covers and Bridget Jones have faded from memory, we might finally be allowed just to be called writers.
— Lisa Jewell
I just think there's always room for humanity in acting, one can only hope, so when you bring in the whole life of a person that's playing a character, then surprises happen and are allowed to happen, and so it makes it more interesting.
— Lisa Edelstein
President Obama chose politics over leadership. 'Hope' and 'Change' have become bait-and-switch.
— Lindsey Graham
When making any record, a producer has a list of things you hope an artist brings to the studio. Songs that are strong even without the bells and whistles.
— Linda Perry
Even American artists are terrorized by market forces. If one can't see the films, my wings are clipped. I am no longer concerned about this, because I'm focused on making films. Perhaps one day someone who discovers sunken treasures will reexamine my 35 or 36 films - I hope it will be 40 or 50 before I die.
— Lina Wertmuller
I hope wholeheartedly that badminton will be as popular and respected as tennis one day.
— Lin Dan
I hope Lee's scandal isn't real.
You always hope someone will take you under their wing and teach you - when it's Warren Beatty, it's like, 'Oh my God, how is this real?'
— Lily Collins
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
— Lillian Hellman
I just hope to keep doing film and TV and eventually Broadway. It's definitely what I want to do for the rest of my life.
— Lili Reinhart
We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain.
— Liberty Hyde Bailey
I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.
— Liam Neeson
I hope that the image of gene therapy is changing. It seems to be.
— Liz Parrish
I've become more and more comfortable with occasionally dressing sexier, but I still hope to express a 'cool' type of sensuality.
— Liu Wen
Alaskans need some certainty and clarity over how the Pebble Partnership intends to proceed. I understand the complexity of a project like this, and I appreciate the investments that have been made in Alaska already. But a reliable timeline has been missing, and I hope that the companies will provide one soon.
I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.
— Lisa Morton
My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events.
You just have to hope that they'll grant you an interview.
— Lisa Guerrero
I prefer to win titles with the team ahead of individual awards or scoring more goals than anyone else. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. When all this is over, what are you left with? When I retire, I hope I am remembered for being a decent guy.
— Lionel Messi
Our uniqueness, our individuality, and our life experience molds us into fascinating beings. I hope we can embrace that. I pray we may all challenge ourselves to delve into the deepest resources of our hearts to cultivate an atmosphere of understanding, acceptance, tolerance, and compassion. We are all in this life together.
— Linda Thompson
There's a lot of interest from the medical community on how things develop in microgravity, and the hope, later, that is expected to apply to what the changes are in humans as well.
— Linda M. Godwin
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
— Lin Yutang
I hope to spend more time with my family.
I'm learning a lot about how to be one of the 'good' actors. You'd hope that it's natural to be a good person, and kind, but I'm learning how to deal with long, sometimes boring days.
— Lily James
I'm the type of person who doesn't hope, dream or wish for things. I work and work and work.
— Lilly Singh
Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.
I'm pretty normal. That's why I feel like I hope most teenagers can relate.
— Lil Yachty
I've signed autographs as Natalie Portman. I was at a Film Festival party where someone asked if I was her, and I didn't want to embarrass them, so I signed the autograph as her. I hope she doesn't mind.
— Liane Balaban
A local newspaper where we were filming in Boston called me the Justin Bieber of Canada. I don't think they realized Justin Bieber is from Canada. I hope someday I can just be the Liam James of Canada.
— Liam James
When I'm on stage, it's such a spiritual moment that I hope, even when we hit 'Fallon,' you can feel that through the TV. I have this whole horn section that's part of New Power Generation; I have an amazing crew of musicians behind me. It's their energy, too.
— Liv Warfield
I hope that when people see Asian women, they realize we are all different. A lot of time with Caucasian people, they just group us together as Asian. But even with different cities in China, people have different personalities... We look Asian, but we still look different. We don't look the same.
What I look at is, do you represent the values of the state of Alaska? Do you represent the people here in terms of what it is that they need, they hope for, what they hope for their future? And Joe Miller simply does not represent that.
I hope we go down in history for being something more than just another famous act that got ripped off.
— Lisa Lopes
Oh my garden, I hope Cory Booker runs for president, just to watch him lose.
— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.
— Lisa Gardner
I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.
— Lindsey Vonn
I hope that we when we stand up to those who oppress our communities that Allah accepts from us that as a form of jihad.
— Linda Sarsour
If you believe you are the city on the hill, the world's best hope, it is tempting also to believe that outside your boundaries are barbarians.
— Linda Colley
'West Wing' was huge. Like 'Hamilton,' it pulls back the curtain on how decision-making happens at the highest level, or at least how you hope it would be. The amount of information Aaron Sorkin packs into a scene gave me this courage to trust the audience to keep up.
— Lin-Manuel Miranda
I hope to play well and get better and better.
I think, in life, we want to surround ourselves with people who make us think and question ourselves, and those are the types of films I want to do and the types of characters that I hope I get to continue to play.
Seeing Michelle Obama's bright color choices, and how she made people smile and reinforced Obama's platforms of hope and change, was inspiring.
— Lilly Pulitzer
I don't think any one 'ship' - like a Bughead or a Barchie or Varchie fans - should give up hope at any time because you never know.
My mother always taught me a lot of important life lessons, and she would always tell me how important it was to tip. We didn't have much money, so we would tip what we could. Now, it's at the point I'm financially stable. When I'm out eating, I hope I have the cash, but if I write it on the receipt, I'll leave a big tip.
It's always Canelo, and it's Mexican Independence Day, so I know that. But I am the champion, and just looking back on that, that is one reason why I hope they'll respect that I'm champion and be fair.
— Liam Smith
