Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
Forgiveness doesn't mean being a wimp. It doesn't mean being weak. It doesn't mean having no principles and no values. Sometimes we have to stand firm for what we believe and make really hard decisions.
Quotes to Explore
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Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
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I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.
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I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.
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I believe in tackling things you're afraid of.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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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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You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.
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Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
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Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
Gail Devers -
I believe when it comes to love, there's something intangible about who we are attracted to, and I don't think I have a pattern.
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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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No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.
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I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.
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In the aftermath of September 11, it has been made clear to us that our foreign policy can no longer afford to narrowly focus on short-term benefits. For our nation's long-term security, we must be active in promoting American values abroad through our foreign policy.
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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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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.
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I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.
Garry Kasparov -
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.
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From being a writer of plays, it was not that surprising that somebody thought of giving me a job as an actor. After I played one part, others came along.
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I never desired to go into war zones. I never had any thought about it. It sort of just happened as part of the job.
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Men are free when they are obeying some deep, inward voice of religious belief. Obeying from within. Men are free when they belong to a living, organic, believing community, active in fulfilling some unfulfilled, perhaps unrealized purpose. Not when they are escaping to some wild west. The most unfree souls go west, and shout of freedom.
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In the songs I can still be really really direct but in interviews when I'm explaining my songs I shouldn't be so direct about who they're about.
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When people say 'that's risky,' or when the odds are not in my favor, I'm more motivated than ever.
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Forgiveness doesn't mean being a wimp. It doesn't mean being weak. It doesn't mean having no principles and no values. Sometimes we have to stand firm for what we believe and make really hard decisions.
