Keith Devlin Quotes
I firmly believe that mathematics does not exist outside of humans. It is something we, as a species, invent.
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Many people believe the whole catastrophe is the oil we spill, but that gets diluted and eventually disarmed over time. In fact, the oil we don't spill, the oil we collect, refine and use, produces CO2 and other gases that don't get diluted.
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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.
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I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we need to do if we're going to make a contribution to a global reduction in greenhouse gases, without putting a price on carbon.
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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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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
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I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
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I've been doing this career for a really long time, but there was not a lot of reason, at the time when I wrote 'Fight Song,' to believe that I should keep going.
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I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.
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I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.
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I'm a Christian, but I don't believe in religion or anything like that.
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I still believe many poets begin in fear and hope: fear that the poetic past will turn out to be a monologue rather than a conversation. And hope that their voice can be heard as that past turns into a future.
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If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very strongly in the possibilities of the 75mm.
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I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution.
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As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making.
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I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I'm a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old.
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I would like to believe every man is a one-woman man.
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Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.
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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.
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Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.
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We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear.
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Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
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We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.
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I firmly believe that mathematics does not exist outside of humans. It is something we, as a species, invent.
