Errol Morris Quotes
If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that we actually believe. I’m not saying that the truth doesn’t matter. It does. But self-deception is how we survive.
Quotes to Explore
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Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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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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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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I believe that God wants us to show respect.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We relax so totally that people believe the most ludicrous propositions, and are willing to organize their lives around them.
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I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
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You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.
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I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.
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The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.
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Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
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I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.
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People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.
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But the challenge must be faced squarely. I believe we can overcome it through our own efforts. We must do so. They key is our national power. Take courage from our national pride and traditions, no matter how thorny the road to independence may be.
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The Church responds to antiquated social realities, and those realities remain much more current in Utah precisely because of the Church.
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A lot of people assume that once you're working in Hollywood you become some sort of glamour-diva, which could not be further from the truth about me.
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Thom comes in with lots of lyrics, a melody and chords, and usually he strums it on acoustic guitar. we then take it from there and beat it up and arrange it. sometimes they need a lot of arrangement. sometimes they need absolutely nothing. sometimes thom will present a song and it's so obvious how it should be done. those are actually the hardest to do - the ones where we have free scope and it can go in any direction are the easiest ones to do.
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If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that we actually believe. I’m not saying that the truth doesn’t matter. It does. But self-deception is how we survive.
