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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time. ↗

— Lindsay Davenport

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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy. ↗

— Larry David

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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book. ↗

— Iain Banks

#book #entirely #ever #film #into

Women love a self-confident bald man. ↗

— Larry David

#love #man #self-confident #women

I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War. ↗

— Larry David

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Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past. ↗

— Gary Ryan Blair

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