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I know that, as a bisexual, sometimes people who are gay or lesbian look down upon the bisexual community as well and assume that people who are bisexual just don't know what they want or are just playing both sides of the fence, and that's not the case, either.

~Crystal Bowersox

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The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

~Curtis Sittenfeld

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A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

~Dag Hammarskjold

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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.

~Damian Lewis

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I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.

~Damian Loeb

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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.

~Dan Stevens

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Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she's getting it right without the struggle.

~Dani Shapiro

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I believe education is much more important than we assume.

~Daniel Barenboim

Topics: Assume Believe Education Important More Much Than I Believe

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If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.

~Daniel Kahneman

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The planning fallacy is that you make a plan, which is usually a best-case scenario. Then you assume that the outcome will follow your plan, even when you should know better.

~Daniel Kahneman

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