#believes

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him. ↗

— W. H. Auden

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The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible. ↗

— Nelson Algren

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Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

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But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome. ↗

— Tony Blair

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If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

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Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either. ↗

— Evan Esar

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Nobody believes this, but I write very fast. ↗

— Robert Caro

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All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

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