Carl Lewis Quotes
You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.
Quotes to Explore
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Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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Truth-tellers who expect others to believe them tend to speak naturally and un-self-consciously. But if they don't expect to be believed, they may try too hard to seem honest. Unfortunately, the result makes them sound less believable. Obviously, then, not every oddly phrased statement is a lie.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.
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And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't.
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There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak.
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We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.
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If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.
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Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
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There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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I like connecting the abstract to the concrete. There's a tension in that. I believe the reader or listener should be able to enter the poem as a participant. So I try to get past resolving poems.
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I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That's what men are like' or, 'That's what women do'; I don't really feel that at all. I think that's because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by maleness, and I couldn't possibly summarise them into a type.
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People are so influenced by the media that they really believe a 38-24-45 plastic-surgery body is normal, and they can't understand why a body would possibly have cellulite or bumps.
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One of my major keys is actually the master keys: God.
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I believe in peace through strength.
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I love women, and I have a lot of really close girlfriends, but I'm not one of those women who's like, 'Ew - that's boy stuff.'
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Object to the Hollywood film and you’re an intellectual snob, object to the avant-garde films and you’re a Philistine. But, while in Hollywood, one must often be a snob; in avant-garde circles one must often be a Philistine.
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You're not going to get a chance to vote for me on the ballot, but you can actually vote for what I believe in.
