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"You cannot force someone to believe something they do not believe, you can only manage to force them to speak or act as if they do."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Belief, Force, Speech, Action

"We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Belief, Doubt, Hope, Mind

"Religion is a non-alcoholic man's alcohol. Alcohol is a non-religious man's religion."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Belief, Religion, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"The doubter doesn't sure which one is right,but it tends to demean other people's beliefs."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Belief, Regret, Truth, Judgment, Wisdom

"Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Belief, Religion, Infinity, Stars, Truth

"The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe, the theist believes a 'who' created the universe."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Belief, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Philosophy

"They tell you the story of Job so often to remind you when you lose it all, stay calm. I've always refused it. I hated the story. It made no sense, and then I developed the belief that religion's only purpose is to keep the poor from murdering the rich. And then I found the most dangerous folks are those who have nothing to lose, and I put it all together."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

Belief, Job, Loss, Religion

"When my problems seem overwhelming and impossible to solve, I hold fast to these facts: God is real, He is right, and He cares."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Belief, Faith, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"Gods didn't mind atheists, if they were deep, hot, fiery, atheists like Simony, who spend their whole life hating gods for not existing. That sort of atheism was a rock. It was nearly belief."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Belief, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Regret

"Don't be agnostic - be something."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Belief, Faith, Choice, Spiritual

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"There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed."

Woman

"I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to."

Mother

"Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt."

Men

"These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played."

Mother

"In America, they are paranoid about ruining the reputations of people once they are dead and cannot answer back. They have this fascination which to me seems cruel and morbid. I do not want any part of it."

People

"I am now at an age when they wanted me to play her mother."

Age

"But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome."

Mother

"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

First

"I am much more radical in my beliefs than my products represent me to be."

Belief