François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) Quotes

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

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• It's been 80 years since the Senate has confirmed a Supreme Court nominee who was nominated during an election. And particularly when the court hangs in the balance, it makes no sense whatsoever to give Barack Obama the power to jam through a judge in the final election year.

  

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• I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

  

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• I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.

  

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• Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.

  

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• The Asian brand, which I admire for having become a global success, is Samsung. In comparison, we're just starting, but I believe that we at Uniqlo will be the next Asian brand to do well globally.

  

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• I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.

  

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• I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells that feed and respond to cancers are vulnerabilities that will allow us to make better predictions of which kinds of drugs will work to treat these cancers.

  

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• When you come through a business education, a lot of what they teach you is to make decisions through analysis, and logic and rationale, and I'm a big believer in that. But I also believe in the power of instinct. The truth is you're never going to have a perfect answer or view of how it is going to work.

  

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• Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.

  

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• I believe if you are nice to people, children will follow. Likewise, if you are rude to people, children will follow.

  

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• Each one prays to God according to his own light.

  

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• English churchmen have long gazed with love on the primitive church as the ideal of Christian perfection, the Eden wherein the first fathers of their faith walked blameless before God and passionless towards each other.

  

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• Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

  

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• You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.

  

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• Nothing is as sad as seeing a person who used to have power have none.

  

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• I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work in harsh, exploitative conditions.

  

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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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• God has given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe. Believe.

  

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• Millennials regularly draw ire for their cell phone usage. They're mobile natives, having come of age when landlines were well on their way out and payphones had gone the way of dinosaurs. Because of their native fluency, Millennials recognize mobile phones can do a whole lot more than make calls, enable texting between friends or tweeting.

  

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• I don't think Alfonso was a big expert on Potter either. He was feeling his way through it more than I was.

  

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• You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.

  

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• Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

  

  François-Marie Arouet
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  • Faith