#lie

Many Sunnis, who are still stuck in the Saddam era mindset and believe Iraq belongs to them, are trying to prevent a new country from developing at all. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#belongs #country #developing #era #iraq

People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them. ↗

— Bruce Schneier

#boxes #computers #magical #people #tell

Belief isn't supposed to make sense, at least not all the time. In that, it finds its power. It gets to creep up on you and carry you forward. Until you can carry yourself again. ↗

— Laura Dave

#inspiration #inspirational

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. ↗

— Christian D. Larson

#inspirational #inspirational

Somewhere along the way, I started to believe it myself. I think that being brave and self confident doesn’t necessarily start inside, honey. It starts with the rest of the world, and it leads back to you. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#inspirational #kiki-sparks #inspirational

Distances and days existed in themselves then; they all had a story. They were not barriers. If a person wanted to get to the moon, there is a way; it all depended on whether you knew the directions... on whether you knew the story of how others before you had gone. He had believed in the stories for a long time, until the teachers at Indian school taught him not to believe in that kind of "nonsense". But they had been wrong. ↗

— Leslie Marmon Silko

#imagination #inspirational #no-boundaries #stories #imagination

Palestinians don't really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#come #conclusion #determined #get #israel

As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe for the sake of the dead, for love, to keep your heart beating, believe. Never give up, never despair, let no mystery confound you into the conclusion that mystery cannot be yours. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#inspirational #inspirational

A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the moon is made of green cheese. Some still do, to this day. The man on the moon is looking down and laughing. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#beliefs #believe #cheese #flat #flat-earth

People for the most part can smell lies. ↗

— Joe Rogan

#most #part #people #smell