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"It is no use dealing with illusions and make-believes. We must look at the facts. The world ... is too dangerous for anyone to be able to afford to nurse illusions. We must look at realities."
"I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself"
"I do not believe there is the slightest chance of war with Japan in our lifetime. The Japanese are our allies.... Japan is at the other end of the world. She cannot menace our vital security in any way.... War with Japan is not a possibility which any reasonable government need take into account."
"Before the war it had seemed incredible that such terrors and slaughters, even if they began, could last more than a few months. After the first two years it was difficult to believe that they would ever end."
"I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message."
"There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble."
"My family especially has always taught me to be myself and not let other people's opinions change me. To always believe my instincts and follow my heart."
"I don't believe in God. Just try getting a plumber on the weekend."
"I can't even make a leap of faith to believe in my own existence."
"In real life, Keaton believes in God. But she also believes that the radio works because there are tiny people inside it."
"A general philosophy of the female characters in my films is they all want something to believe in, and not having anything."
"A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons who believe in him."
"I am all kinds of a democrat, so far as I can discover but the root of the whole business is this, that I believe in the patriotism and energy and initiative of the average man."
"I believe very profoundly in an over-ruling Providence, and I do not fear that any real plans can be thrown off the track. It maynot be intended that I shall be President--but that would not break my heart."
"Do Re Mi California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see, But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the do re mi"
"I think it would be arrogant and borderline foolish to believe there's no other life forms that exist out there."
"I truly believe that I can be president of the US if I really want to."
"I believe that my connection, to my higher power, is separate from everybody’s. I don’t believe that the Muslims have all the answers. I don’t believe the Christians have all the answer, or the Jews have all the answers..."
"I can't sing “I Believe I Can Fly”. I sing that horrible. But I can sing “I Gotta Feeling” good. I wrote it for my capabilities. So I Gotta Feeling is just about let me make a song to inspire people to have a good time."
"I don't wanna believe that racism exists, but the more I wish it away, the more I realize it's in our system."
