Alan Dundes Quotes
Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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If I was involved with the NFL, I'd seriously consider adopting some of the rules used in Canada. I've heard, unofficially, of course, some NFL club owners have talked about adding a feature or two. The NFL went for the two-point conversion. Professional sport is entertainment, and the CFL, I believe, is ahead of the NFL in that regard.
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Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.
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I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym.
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To get important work done, most leaders organize people into teams. They believe that when people collaborate toward a common goal, great things can happen. Yet in reality, the whole is often much less than the sum of the parts.
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
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I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.
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Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.
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We haven't had the success we had hoped to achieve. Josh McDaniels is the head coach of the Broncos and you always strive for stability at that position. However, with five games left in the 2010 season, we will continue to monitor the progress of the team and evaluate what's in the best interest of this franchise.
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I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.
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Well, my brother started acting before I did.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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The Ebola epidemic was the most frightening outbreak I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I believe it was necessary to react globally as strongly as we did.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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I've been extremely fortunate in my life. So I actually believe that I'm the living embodiment of living the American dream.
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The 'Dog's Purpose' premise has gotten me so many emails and comments from people who say that their dog is so much like one they had when they were young or years before, that it seems like the truth. The idea that you would come across an old friend later in life.
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At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.
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I don't believe in environmentalism as the solution to anything. What I believe is that environmentalism illuminates the things that need to be done to solve all of the problems together.
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I believe that shows should be shot where they take place.
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Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists - conform to old-school utilitarian principles - consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that they believe brings about the greatest positive impact.
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It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.
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If one's intellectual equipment was not great, one's spiritual experience not deep, the result of doing one's very best could only seem very lightweight in comparison with the effort involved. But perhaps that was not important. The mysterious power that commanded men appeared to him to ask of them only obedience and the maximum of effort and to remain curiously indifferent as to the results.
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Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.
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Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke.
