- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Believe Quotes
On conviction, faith and holding a belief through doubt.
The quotes gathered here move between technical foresight, early confidence in where computing was headed, and deeply personal conviction about politics, work and society's assumptions. For more on faith, see our Faith quotes.
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- Success
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as if we didn't know and didn't believe.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system.
- Free Press
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- Nov 07, 2020
Flaws and all, I believe the free press is our country's most important institution - one I am more than happy to defend. One I did, in fact, defend for 37 years.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.
- Will
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- Nov 07, 2020
No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that somewhere deep inside of me, I feel, if it's not something I believe in, then I probably won't be very good at it. And I have a fear of that. Not that I'm good in everything, but I try.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020