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  • George Konrad I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.
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  • Les Brown I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incredibly cruel, but we are well equipped for it if only we tap into our talents and gifts and allow them to blossom.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Burgess Owens I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Bill Hicks I believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. And I say no, it's not, Dad. Well, I believe that it is. Well, you know, some people believe they're Napoleon. That's fine. Beliefs are neat. Cherish them, but don't share them like they're the truth.
    Filling Up the Hump
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Abbott Eliot Kittredge I believe that the fewer the laws in a home the better; but there is one law which should be as plainly understood as the shining of the sun is visible at noonday, and that is, implicit and instantaneous obedience from the child to the parent, not only for the peace of the home, but for the highest good of the child.
    Abbott Eliot Kittredge
    American minister (1834 - 1912)
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  • Alija Izetbegovic I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail.
    Alija Izetbegovic
    Bosnian politician
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  • Henry David Thoreau I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of God, is his private ail. Let this be righted, let the spring come to him, the morning rise over his couch, and he will forsake his generous companions without apology.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.
    Anne Morrow Lindbergh
    American Author (1906 - 2001)
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  • Allen Tate I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure.
    Allen Tate
    American poet and essayist (1899 - 1979)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    French abbot (1090 - 1153)
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  • Dan Quayle I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
    Dan Quayle
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Lord George Byron I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence - this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Ahmed Chalabi I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money.
    Ahmed Chalabi
    Iraqi politician (1944 - 2015)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I came to dedicate my life to opening space to the average person and crafting designs for new spaceships that could take us far from home. But since Apollo ended, such travels were only in our collective memory.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Charlotte Brontë I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!
    Allott - The Brontës, the critical heritage (1974)
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • Joy Baluch I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.
    Joy Baluch
    Australian politician (1932 - 2013)
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  • William Walsh I can endure my own despair,
    but not another's hope.
    Gedicht: Rivals
    William Walsh
    English poet (1662 - 1708)
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  • W. Walsh I can endure my own despair, but not another's hope.
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  • George Bernard Shaw I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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