"We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't."
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"I don't believe the half I hear, Nor the quarter of what I see! But I have one faith, sublime and true, That nothing can shake or slay; Each spring I firmly believe anew All the seed catalogues say!"
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"I believe absence is a great element of charm."
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"The world is ruled by other people, than people believe to know."
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"Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped."
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"Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist."
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"Certain sincerely devout and spiritually advanced people believe that the God of their understanding helps them find parking places and gives them advice on Mass. Lottery numbers."
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"In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice."
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"Only those who obey can believe, and only those who believe can obey."
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"I believe that for the past twenty years there has been a creeping socialism spreading in the United States."
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"London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it."
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"Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people."
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"Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed."
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"The belief in God is not therefore based on the perception of design in nature. Belief in design in nature is based upon the belief in God. Things are as they are whether there is a God or not. Logically, to believe in design one must start with God. He, or it, is not a conclusion but a datum. You may begin by assuming a creator, and then say he did this or that; but you cannot logically say that because certain things exist, therefore there is a God who made them. God is an assumption, not a conclusion. And it is an assumption that explains nothing."
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"Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a period, geologically recent, the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact — that mystery of mysteries — the first appearance of new beings on this earth."
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"It's an awful stretcher to believe that a peacock's tail was thus formed but ... most people just don't get it - I must be a very bad explainer"
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"I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror"
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"The laws of thermodynamic s are such that if the water is getting warmer - and I believe it is - the energy of the weather is going to go up."
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"I think most people are motivated to want to do what is best for themselves. People want to avoid STDs. I believe in a system that leaves it up to the individual to protect their own health."
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"A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me."
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