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  • I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic.

    RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY Interview, www.pbs.org. December 19, 2003.