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Fear makes us do things we would otherwise never agree to do, and people can be emotionally manipulated into believing something during times of great stress and tragedy.

~Alexandra Bracken

Topics: Agree Believing Emotionally Fear Great Makes Manipulated Never Otherwise People Something Stress Things Times Tragedy Us Would

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There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause of matter and of the development of individualised human minds through the agency of matter.

~Alfred Russel Wallace

Topics: Agency Believing Cause Conceive Contradiction Development Human Matter Mind Minds Once Through

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Actually, I think I'm part of the last generation to grow up believing in magic and fairies and believing I had powers - you know, lying on the ground and trying to have my spirit leave my body - which never happened; still working on that bit.

~Alice Englert

Topics: Actually Believing Bit Body Fairies Generation Ground Grow Grow Up Had Happened Know Last Leave Lying Magic Never Part Powers Spirit Still Think Trying Up Which Working You I Think

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Photography can be a deceitful, superficial medium that leads us into believing something even though we know it's not necessarily true. It lulls us into a false sense of complacency.

~Alison Jackson

Topics: Believing Complacency Deceitful Even False Know Leads Medium Necessarily Photography Sense Something Superficial Though True Us

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Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.

~Alveda King

Topics: Beings Believing Certain Corrupts Falsehood Fully Human Human Beings Less Lie Minds Others Our Racism Right Self-Centered Springs Than Treat Treated Want Would

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Faith came by just believing God's word and taking Him up on His word.

~Andrae Crouch

Topics: Believing Came Faith God Him His Just Taking Up Word

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When I was younger, humans went to the moon when I was about 4 years old, and I imagined that as I got older and became an adult that traveling in space was going to be fairly common and something that we all did. So I grew up believing that I'll be an astronaut just like these guys were that were going to the moon.

~Andrew J. Feustel

Topics: About Adult Astronaut Became Believing Common Did Fairly Going Got Grew Guys Humans Imagined Just Like Moon Old Older Something Space To The Moon Traveling Up Were Years Younger

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I think, with Hank Paulson, the concept of a bailout was anathema to him from day one. He was a Republican; he's a free marketeer. He believes in capitalism, and part of capitalism is believing in failure. And so the idea of bailing out an institution, I think, went against every part of him.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Against Bailout Believes Believing Capitalism Concept Day Day One Every Failure Free Hank He Him Idea Institution Out Part Republican Think I Think

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Having personally watched the Voting Rights Act being signed into law that August day, I can't begin to imagine how we could have all been so wrong in believing that more Americans would vote once they were all truly free to do so.

~Andrew Young

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You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

~Andy Murray

Topics: Beat Believing Each Go Match Players You

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