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Madame Schmid belonged to that large class of persons who believe that a man who engages in any form of art is necessarily a loafer.
So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?
Believing that no one is better than the other. You know I grew up in the South. My senior year there was a very big racial tension.
To be honest with you, I dont male-bash. I dont believe in male-bashing. I write about things that are natural, that happen in life.
Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.
I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.
I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.
And, I believe that one of the most loving things you can do is prepare a meal for someone you love. None of which I know how to do!
... unhappiness is like marriage. We believe we chose it, but then it is choosing us. That is how it is, we can do nothing about it.
We can actually reconstruct our past by examining what we think, say, feel, expect, believe, and do in an intimate relationship now.
Though some will try to deny it, I believe that every woman, at some time in her life, has had or will have the desire to pose nude.
I believe in Christianity because the Scriptures said: "The things that have been done in the dark will be known on the house tops."
Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph.
I believe strongly in the rights of women... my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
I do want to be a spokesman for clean cycling - I believe somebody has to stand up for the current generation. I'm happy to do that.
I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing, you will never get it.
Our Navy is now the smallest it's been since, believe or not, World War I. Don't worry. It's going to soon be the largest it's been.
Religion was important to me. My family and I were very religious. I acctualy believe the work I did was a calling from God himself.
One has to be foolish or irredeemably stupid to believe that anything good can come to Europe from the land of presumed opportunity.
I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.
If we say something often enough, we come to believe it. We don't usually delude others until after we have first deluded ourselves.
If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.
We don't really know what we believe in or care about until what we believe in or care about is threatened, challenged, or measured.
I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that just love who you wish and celebrate it the best you can.
In Tanganyika we believe that only evil, Godless men would make the color of a mans skin the criteria for granting him civil rights.
I think he [Tony LaRussa] legitimately believes what he says. I don't agree with him. But I think he's being as honest as he can be.
Presence is when you're no longer waiting for the next moment, believing that the next moment will be more fulfilling than this one.
I appear as a skeptic, who believes that doubt is the great engine, the great fuel of all inquiry, all discovery and all innovation.
I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change.
You have to believe in what you are saying. Maybe they will like it or not but they cannot contest that what you are saying is true.
It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole Petrushka on the piano.
In the moment you ask, and believe and know you already have it in the unseen, the entire Universe shifts to bring it into the seen.
I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you're gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don't believe that anymore.
My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years.
I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge the current models.
I've always been opposed to groups. I can't believe the doctrine of group is going to work for every single person within the group.
I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe your 30s are a wonderful time.
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.
Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.
One of the mistakes I made was believing that the rock 'n' roll genre as a genre was much more free than the whole pop or R&B scene.
Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
I just don't believe that there's any way that you're ever gonna get one peace, because everybody has different ways of seeing life.
While I do believe I become a technically better writer over time, in others ways writing gets harder because inspiration is finite.
When I saw Rijkaard entering the referee's dressing room I couldn't believe it. When Didier Drogba was sent off, I wasn't surprised.
How important to set aside time each day for the unknowable. How important to reach out: it doesn't matter that I don't yet believe.
I believe above the storm, the smallest prayer will still be heard. I believe that someone in that great somewhere hears every word.
My shaven head is my way of saying 'I wont take no for an answer,' it is my way of saying 'I believe in my creativity and artistry.'
A lot of manuscripts that come in, you wonder by what outrageous fantasy the author believes that this should be pressed into print.
To hit 100 miles per hour, that's something. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, but it's something I can do and think about.