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"I believe that the starting point of faith is some doubt, not bein' so full of yourself and so confident that you are right and that God speaks only to us and doesn't speak to others, that God only cares about us and doesn't care about others."
"The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails."
"I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing -- even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficien cy and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future -- because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation."
"I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I was when I start."
"There are tons of different reasons why you do TV series and why you don't, and how it'll affect your career, and all that. Without a doubt, it has always come down to the script for me. I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles."
"There is no doubt our democracy can be very messy and America does remain a sharply divided country."
"When you cease doubting, you have stopped moving forward."
"Never cease doubting. When the doubts stop it is because you have stopped journeying."
"He has done things that caused me to doubt His wisdom, but never His existence."
"fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul."
"Neymar is undoubtedly the best player in Brazil. He deserves to play in the best team in the world; next to the best player in the world, Messi.He is a very good player with great quality and a great future.I have no doubt. For me, Neymar is a genius."
"I doubt if many of my contemporaries, especially the older ones, did many exercises. I have often tried to picture (Godfrey) Evans and (Denis) Compton doing press-ups in the out field before the days play, but so far have failed miserably."
"The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This is shown first of all by the name of 'orb' which is bestowed upon it by the general consent of mankind. ...Our eyesight also confirms this belief, because the firmament presents the aspect of a concave hemisphere equidistant in every direction, which would be impossible in the case of any other figure.""
"The end of doubt is the beginning of repose."
"When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out."
"Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get ready for the world to assume every word is true."
"I think my work is very American because I'm American. But I found that Europeans like uncertainty and doubt."
"I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that."
"For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no doubt of their existence."
"That [Exodus] occurred, I have no doubt."
