James Fallows Quotes
Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate.
Quotes to Explore
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I always have issues with trust.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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I trust no one totally.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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Never trust a hippie. That's definitely my motto.
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I don't trust a lot of journalists.
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I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
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We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.
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For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.
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We all make mistakes, and we all need second chances. For youth in foster care, these mistakes are often purposeful - if not consciously so; a way to test the strength of a bond and establish trust in a new parent.
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Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
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It is important not to trust people too much.
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Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.
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It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud.
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I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes. But when I do, it's with people I know and trust, people who respect me as a person and appreciate what I have to offer.
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There's an appreciation of the whole picture of life as opposed to just ambition and circumstance and all the stuff that happens in this business. You find yourself lucky enough to be working with somebody really talented who you know and who you trust.
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Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief is crystallized into faith. We cannot pay for it in any form, in any way, by our goodness, by our piety, by our great qualities, merits, or virtues; nothing. It is a gift, and all we can do is receive it.
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I think people who have all kinds of debilitating mobility issues will benefit from robotic augmentation. That is, even before we get into organ replacement and organ printing and synthetic biology and so on and so forth.
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I start with an idea in my head. I sketch it out quickly as a line drawing, using pencil. It never comes out quite right - usually a bit better than my mental picture.
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Patenting and purchase of lands are absolutely vital to the health of Nevada's rural communities.
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The challenge in most car chases is you're trying to hide the fact that it's not the actor driving.
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Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate.
