- 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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people's throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness.
- Dumb
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I firmly believe that knowing too much too soon can color your performance in a not good way. I just don't want to know until I need to know.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my part, as a filmmaker, I've never been a fly-on-the-wall documentarian. I have no commitment to that method. I believe it's a lie.
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got to give my neighbors a bottle of wine or something because I was just screaming into microphones and learning how to play instruments, and it was a lesson in patience for them, I believe.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
What qualified me to write about Israel was that I wanted to; it took no time to convince myself. The only reservation I had was about eaven: I wanted to write about the Jewish heaven but did not feel qualified because I did not and do not believe in 'it,' though I should.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.
- I Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe when hard-working citizens have earned their pension, it's wrong for Washington bureaucrats and politicians to take their pensions away.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020