#belief

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

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I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life. ↗

— Georg Solti

#born #breathes #celebration #communicate #country

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#create #disbelief #fourth #having #i

One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre. ↗

— David Soul

#certain #church #community #football #football team

But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others too affect their beliefs. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#actions #affect #affects #amount #beliefs

My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#economic #economic life #life #meet #needs

I've always held to the belief, though, that people who do too much acting training always look like they're acting, you know? ↗

— Noah Taylor

#always #belief #held #i #know

I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists. ↗

— Jasmine Guy

#beliefs #believe #daily #daily life #i

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties. ↗