I Believe Quotes - Page 25

• Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Team, Believe

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values, our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space.

  David Blunkett

  Believe, Commitment, Space

  "For far too long, we have left patriotism to the extremists" by David Blunkett, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2005.

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• So finally I came up with a thing that felt really pure, and I'm Christian, so when I hear about death I have a lot of hope because I believe in Jesus and life after death, and John 3:16.

  Victoria Jackson

  Christian, Jesus, Believe

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• I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old car I'm hoping to replace when a big job comes in. I suppose when we do go on family holidays, I am quite happy to spend when we are there.

  Sanjeev Bhaskar

  Jobs, Believe, Holiday

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• I believe that most of what was said of God was in reality said of that Spirit whose body is Earth.

  George Russell

  Believe, Reality, Body

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• The biggest temptation I believe is to feel comfortable, to feel like you've worked through all of that here on Earth, and are satisfied with this life.

  Nick Vujicic

  Believe, Temptation, Earth

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• One has to choose between engaging in stylistic research or the mere recording of facts. I feel that a filmmaker must go beyond the recording of facts. Moreover, I believe that Africans, in particular, must reinvent cinema. It will be a difficult task because our viewing audience is used to a specific film language, but a choice has to be made: either one is very popular and one talks to people in a simple and plain manner, or else one searches for an African film language that would exclude chattering and focus more on how to make use of visuals and sounds.

  Djibril Diop Mambety

  Believe, Simple, People

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• Along the (writing) way accidents happen, detours get taken... But these are not "divine" accidents; I don't believe in those. I believe you have constructive accidents en route through a novel only because you have mapped a clear way. If you have confidence that you have a clear direction to take, you always have confidence to explore other ways; if they prove to be mere digressions, you'll recognize that and make the necessary revisions. The more you know about a book, the freer you can be to fool around. The less you know, the tighter you get.

  John Irving

  Believe, Book, Taken

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• Death and dying provide a meeting-point between the Tibetan Buddhist and modern scientific traditions. I believe both have a great deal to contribute to each other on the level of understanding and of practical benefit.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Believe, Understanding

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• My grandfather was a faith healer and medium and he always encouraged faith in the unseen. I believe in fortune tellers.

  Luke Goss

  Believe, Grandfather, Unseen

  "Is this it?". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2008.

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• Jesus Christ is the LORD. I believe in that.

  Barack Obama

  Jesus, Believe, Christ

  "Obama Heckled As 'Antichrist' At Hollywood Fundraiser" by Zeke Miller, www.businessinsider.com. September 27, 2011.

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• I am a Christian. So, I have a deep faith. So I draw from the Christian faith...So, I'm rooted in the Christian tradition. I believe that there are many paths to the same place.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Believe, Path

  "Obama's Faith...In His Own Words". Interview with Cathleen Falsani, www1.cbn.com. November 12, 2008.

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• I believe that your own thoughts can bring on positive or negative effects. So the people who feel sick all the time are the ones who are going to get sick, and the people who are constantly worried about what's going on around them... those are the ones in trouble.

  Maria Conchita Alonso

  Believe, People, Sick

  "Exclusive: Maria Conchita Alonso's Hollywood Drama". Interview with Monica Herrera, www.latina.com. April 10, 2008.

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• I believe that courage is morally neutral. I can well imagine wicked people being brave and good people being timid or afraid. I don't consider it a moral virtue.

  Susan Sontag

  Believe, People, Brave

  "The 'Traitor' Fires Back". Interview with David Talbot, www.salon.com. October 17, 2001.

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• I'm going to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Believe, People

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• I do not try, Lord, to attain Your lofty heights, because my understanding is in no way equal to it. But I do desire to understand Your truth a little, that truth that my heart believes and loves. I do not seek to understand that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.

  Anselm of Canterbury

  Believe, Heart, Understanding

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• Our junior national teams feature increasing numbers of kids from immigrant backgrounds, but who have grown up in Germany. Their roots are elsewhere, but they feel German. They draw on two cultures, and I believe that's been a real and visible factor in the football we've been playing. One of the best and abiding images was Cacau, a Christian with Brazilian roots, celebrating a goal with Mesut Ozil, a Muslim from a Turkish background. Ozil jumped on to Cacau's shoulders, and they gazed up into the stands, both wearing Germany shirts. It was wonderfully symbolic.

  Oliver Bierhoff

  Christian, Football, Team

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• I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday - the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life's hidden richness - is where success, let alone happiness, emerges.

  Joshua Waitzkin

  Appreciation, Believe, Simplicity

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• I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.

  Soseki Natsume

  Believe, Moving, Passion

  Natsume Soseki (2012). “Kokoro”, p.110, Courier Corporation

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• I reckon that for all the use it has been to science about four-fifths of my time has been wasted, and I believe this to be the common lot of people who are not merely playing follow-my-leader in research.

  Peter Medawar

  Believe, People, Leader

  Peter Brian Medawar (1969). “Induction and intuition in scientific thought”

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• A few pounds show a lot on my body. But it's okay. I believe women look good with a bit of softness to them.

  Elle Macpherson

  Believe, Looks, Body

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• I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.

  Sidney Poitier

  Mother, Religious, Believe

  "Oprah Talks to Sidney Poitier". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October 2000.

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• I would rather live in McCain's world than Obama's. But I believe that we live in Obama's world.

  Sally Quinn

  Believe, World, Mccain

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• I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction.

  Ian Mcewan

  Believe, Perfect, Rambling

  "Some Notes on the Novella" by Ian McEwan, www.newyorker.com. October 29, 2012.

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• A novel can educate to some extent, but first a novel has to entertain. That's the contract with the reader: you give me ten hours and I'll give you a reason to turn every page. I have a commitment to accessibility. I believe in plot. I want an English professor to understand the symbolism while at the same time I want the people I grew up with - who may not often read anything but the Sears catalog - to read my books.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Believe, Book, Commitment

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