Quotes with make-believe

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  • Ziggy Marley Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.
    Ziggy Marley
    Jamaican reggae singer (1968 - )
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  • Bill Gates Software suppliers are trying to make their software packages more 'user-friendly' [...] Their best approach, so far, has been to take all the old brochures, and stamp the words, 'user-friendly' on the cover.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Alan Watts Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ben Horowitz Some libertarians say, 'Well, if people work harder, they can make more money.' But, you know, my mother is a nurse and I am a venture capitalist. I think no matter how great a nurse she is, she wouldn't earn a one-thousandth of what I can make, if that.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • William Cowper Some men make gain a fountain whence proceeds
    A stream of liberal and heroic deeds;
    Charity 244
    William Cowper
    English poet (1731 - 1800)
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  • Bill Dedman Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bill Shankly Some people believe that football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much more important than that.
    Bill Shankly
    Scottish football player and manager (1913 - )
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  • Bode Miller Some people say I make mistakes, I just say that in fact this is the secret of enjoying life. I hate monotony. Why don't they leave me freedom of choice? People want to impose choices which aren't necessarily mine. That's the mistake people make.
    Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1]
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Louis Nizer Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.
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  • William Hazlitt Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Dwight L. Moody Someday you will read in the papers that Moody is dead. Don't you believe a word of it. At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now. I was born of the flesh in 1837, I was born of the spirit in 1855. That which is born of the flesh may die. That which is born of the Spirit shall live forever.
    Dwight L. Moody
    American evangelist (1837 - 1899)
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  • Brooke Shields Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Anita Desai Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.
    Anita Desai
    Indian novelist (1937 - )
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  • Bailee Madison Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'
    Bailee Madison
    American actress (1999 - )
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  • Salman Rushdie Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet...Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Ben Casnocha Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.
    Ben Casnocha
    American author, entrepreneur, and investor (1988 - )
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  • B. B. King Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Carmen Busquets Sometimes I make it to parties and sometimes I don't. Social life is always something you can go back to.
    Carmen Busquets
    Venezuelan entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor (1965 - )
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  • Ben Katchor Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don't know. That's one of those words that doesn't mean anything. It's why I don't just use words.
    Ben Katchor
    American cartoonist and illustrator (1951 - )
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