The Belleville Lounge in Brooklyn hosts The Do What's in Your Heart Show, of live hope-inducing storytelling, and Real Characters Storytelling, which weaves fictional character performances into real stories.

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While I suppose, if the election result dictates it to be so, I can live with a president who might avoid taxes by shifting money to off-shore accounts in the effort to legally avoid his civic obligations, I would hope that none of us can live with a president who holds women in such tragically low regard.

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Mr Jones said the thoughts of the community remained with April and her family, and it continued to live in hope.

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So not just on Thanksgiving, but throughout the year I hope all Americans will give thanks for having the opportunity to live in the greatest nation on the face of the planet.

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But if a cure means getting rid of progerin and really affecting the cardiovascular system in a big way so that these children live longer lives, then trials gives us a lot of hope.

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Today, because of that hope, coupled with the hard and painstaking labor of Americans sung and unsung, we live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach for people of every color and creed.

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According to Mutaqin, if the resort can benefit the local community by offering employment and bringing in tourism money, there is hope that people will learn to appreciate the precious nature of the environment in which they live before it is severely damaged.

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