Charles Dickens Quotes
It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't believe in one ideal beauty.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.
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When I first joined 'Dancing with the Stars,' I did not want to do it. It's not what I like, it's not what I believe in... the judges are fake, this is fake, that is fake... there is not a lot of reality.
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It's easier, as a white person, to be silent about racial injustice. It's easier. On paper. But it's not easier on the whole, because injustice affects all of us, whether we know it or not, whether we acknowledge it or not.
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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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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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I don't believe that competitions are important.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
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I don't believe in happy families.
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I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult - my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.
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I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.
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I don't believe in ghosts.
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
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In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
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Hardly any of my most memorable meals have been eaten in a restaurant, and definitely none in one of those fancy marble-floored, polished-silver establishments.
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People love to drop in 'you betcha' as often as they can.
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A writer is an eternal outsider, his nose pressed against whatever window on the other side of which he sees his material.
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If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven.
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You want to be around guys that you share the same goal with and guys who are thirsty and ready to hunt and get victories.
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It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.
