- 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
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a registered independent. I don't really believe in political parties. Bottom line: Mitt Romney's tax policy helps me. But I can't stomach seeing somebody go hungry or somebody not being able to get an education because I want more. So, I'm supporting Barack Obama.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old could write that well. I was even punished because my teacher thought I'd lied about writing it! I had always loved to write, but it was then that I realized that I had a talent for it.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that we can 'sense' the future. We just haven't yet established the mechanism allowing it to happen.
- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to spend a lot of time building characters that the reader will believe in and sympathize with.
- Cricket
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- Nov 07, 2020
Believe it or not, cricket was my first love. I would genuinely have swapped the dream of a winning goal at Wembley for a century against the Australians at Lord's.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even the Australians don't know how beautiful their own country is. Particularly where we were shooting 'The Straits.' Most of my stuff was done on an aboriginal settlement on the south shore, opposite Cairns, which I believe was the site where the last person was eaten in Australia.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that morality is not just a matter of opinion.
- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in singing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say that life is tough enough. But I guess I like to make things difficult on myself, because I do that all the time. Every day and on purpose. That's because I believe in disrupting my comfort zone.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
String theory is the most developed theory with the capacity to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics in a consistent manner. I do believe the universe is consistent, and therefore I do believe that general relativity and quantum mechanics should be put together in a manner that makes sense.
- Exhilarating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020