Honore de Balzac Quotes

The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.

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• Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

  

  Ovid
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• We believe it is comprehensive international sanctions against the white regime that will save us from the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, black and white.

  

  Oliver Tambo
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• I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.

  

  Ed Miliband
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• If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.

  

  Verite
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• There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

  

  Barack Obama
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• I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • Believe
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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.

  

  Gabrielle Zevin
  • Believe
  • Book
  • Right

• To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Life
  • Courage
  • Lies

• I think God has blessed this country with enormous natural resources, and we should pursue all of the above. We should be developing oil, and gas, and coal, and nuclear, and wind, and solar, and ethanol, and biofuels. But, I don't believe that Washington should be picking winners and losers.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • God
  • Believe
  • Country

• I want to just be what kids believe in.

  

  Quvenzhane Wallis
  • Believe
  • Kids
  • Want

• People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.

  

  Fay Weldon
  • People
  • Believe
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• I don't believe you should make fun of anyone but yourself.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • Believe
  • Fun
  • Yourself

• I really believe the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is the world's most ominous threat.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • World
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  • Terrorism

• The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No one's ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Believe
  • Movie
  • You

• I believe in collaboration and cooperation.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Believe
  • Collaboration

• I believe that shows should be shot where they take place.

  

  Gabriel Macht
  • Believe
  • Place
  • I Believe

• I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels in the end are based on the human capacity, compassion, and I can show more compassion to my characters if I write in a first person singular.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
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  • Writing
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• I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Believe
  • Men
  • Practice

• Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • God
  • Believe
  • Faith

• I want to bring drawing back to the basics, make it about the pleasure that it can afford and remove the notion that it's some kind of precious or difficult activity. It's another way of telling a story.

  

  Chris Riddell
  • Drawing

• I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

  

  Donald Bren
  • Great
  • Business

• We have a lot of work to do in New Jersey, but I am darn proud we've brought our state back.

  

  Chris Christie
  • Work
  • Proud

• The older ones recently saw Mr and Mrs Smith and I think they thought that was the funniest thing they'd ever seen because, of course, watching your parents fight as spies is some strange sort of childhood fantasy.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • Thinking
  • Parents
  • Fighting

• The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Believe
  • Lies
  • Public