#eli

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated. ↗

— James Dean

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I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#anything #because #believe #believing #i

There would be no history as we know it, no religion, no metaphysics or aesthetics as we have lived them, without an initial act of trust, of confiding, more fundamental, more axiomatic by far than any “social contract” or covenant with the postulate of the divine. This instauration of trust, this entrance of man into the city of man, is that between word and world. ↗

— George Steiner

#religion

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#inexplicable #loneliness #tries #utter #writer

I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human. ↗

— Iris Dement

#aware #been #feelings #had #having

As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the risks that catastrophic fire poses to our nation's ecosystems, communities and federal budgetary resources. ↗

— Greg Walden

#budgetary #catastrophic #communities #ecosystems #federal

I'm delighted to be Number 1, but next week I don't want people to buy my record, I want them to buy Band Aid. ↗

— Jim Diamond

#band #buy #delighted #i #next

I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back. But I wouldn't trade that optimism for anything, because the other option is no fun. ↗

— Michael Diamond

#anything #back #because #believed #coming

I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that. ↗

— Princess Diana

#am #biggest #day #disease #feeling

My feelings towards Scott Card are pretty mixed. Politically, he and I are pretty far apart. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#card #far #feelings #i #mixed