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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. ↗

— Aristotle

#appearance #apprehensive #believing #consider #devotion

People make the mistake of drinking the Kool-Aid, believing your own hype, letting people tell you you're this or you're that or you're too this. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#drinking #hype #letting #make #mistake

The owners said that they wanted the salary cap and refused to promise that they would abide by the rules of the just-expired contract after the season ended. Believing we had no choice, the players went on strike in August of 1994. ↗

— David Cone

#after #august #believing #cap #choice

Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you. ↗

— El Cordobes

#bravery #nobody #teach #thing #you

I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man. ↗

— Annette Funicello

#believing #caring #disney #i #into

Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#believing #early #got #grateful #i

So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life. ↗

— Michael Clarke Duncan

#believing #give #go #goals #i

I don't know what I would have done without believing in God. His support gives me power and energy to continue to be optimistic, to smile, not to be depressed. Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don't cry. I say maybe it's meant to be. ↗

— Ofra Haza

#continue #cry #depressed #done #energy

It was of the greatest moment, and consequence, that they should believe in him when he came, for they could receive no benefit from him without believing him to be their Messiah. ↗

— Elias Hicks

#believing #benefit #came #consequence #could

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality. ↗

— King Hussein I

#believing #defending #majority #never #overwhelming