Francis Spufford Quotes
Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue.
Quotes to Explore
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Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.
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It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.
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I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
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Some Christians see the biblical teaching on homosexuality as reflecting the culture and times in which the Bible was written and not reflecting God's eternal perspective on homosexual people. Others believe these scriptures represent God's timeless will for how human beings practice intimacy.
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All my career, all that I've really done has been based on emotion and intuition and gravitating toward what sounds good.
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If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very strongly in the possibilities of the 75mm.
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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Both should share the same concept of what a relationship means and the same energy to believe in a monogamous relationship.
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I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.
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The Zionists are very much, very adventuresome, very much seeking to fabricate things, and I think they see themselves at the end of the line, and I do firmly believe that they seek to create new opportunities for themselves and their adventurous behaviors.
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I believe in the jury system.
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I do truly believe that the smallest stories can wind up being the biggest because it's through the specific that a writer can best access the universal.
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Philosophically, I don't believe in public funding for private sports.
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Isn't it time you came out and told the world what you believe?
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I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.
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What you believe about God has the greatest potential for good or harm in your life.
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judgmentally, judgmentally, judgmentally I would believe in you and sword fight others who did not, any necessary sacrifice if you were in the mood for that.
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I went on tour with Beyonce before. I wouldn't mind doing something with her.
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I wanted to explore the kinds of hope and doubt, faith and disappointment, that shape the next generation, whether consciously or not. I suppose, in all of my work, I'm always going back in time.
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A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible.
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Houston, we have a good deploy. Chandra is ready to open the eyes of X-ray astronomy to the world.
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Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue.
