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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't usually like teen novels written in the present tense, particularly those told from a first-person viewpoint. Too many writers seem to believe that using either or both devices automatically imbues their stories with deep seriousness and a contemporary feel.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people ask me, 'Should I earn the same money as the men?' No, I don't believe I should because they're on a bigger scale than me, they have more fans, are more popular.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I truly believe that Kerastase gives women beautiful, healthy hair, which is why I'm genuinely excited to be working with them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, the year 2000 is our 25th anniversary of doing Captain & Tennille. I can't believe it. It's like, how is this possible?
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father lived by the philosophy, 'Be yourself, because everyone else is taken,' and he made sure I did, too. Whatever I wanted to do, he supported me. I don't mean that I was spoilt - he didn't believe in material gifts - but he watched my back while I worked to achieve things.
- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe in past lifetimes, but if there was one, I had to be a gladiator.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent 12 years of my life writing stories without black people. That's insane to me. It's insane that I could have believed in magical portals and dragons and all that stuff, but to believe a black person could be experiencing those things was unimaginable.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 200 years when Britain and the US were the top two economies were an aberration and that will change. The decline of empires has happened much faster than folks think. I believe that gold will be a far better bet in 20 years than the dollar.
- Mad
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still believe nonfiction is the most important literature to come out of the second half of the 20th century.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020