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Trust Quotes

"I think the support of the other team at AOL and everybody's really shared passion and belief about this and - saying that some day everybody was going to be on line."

"I think the support of the other team at AOL and everybody's really shared passion and belief about this and - saying that some day everybody was going to be on line."

Steve Case, American Businessman

Trust, Belief, Day, Passion, Saying

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"Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness."

"Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness."

Stanislaw Lem, Polish Writer

Trust, People, Greatness

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"If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail."

"If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail."

Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President

Trust, Men, Adventure, Charity

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"TRUST is like a paper once it's crumpled it can't be PERFECT again."

"TRUST is like a paper once it's crumpled it can't be PERFECT again."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Trust, Truth, Loyalty, Relationship

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"Trust is like a two-way mirror, transparent on one side, with a blind dimness unable to see through on the other side."

"Trust is like a two-way mirror, transparent on one side, with a blind dimness unable to see through on the other side."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Trust, Perception, Transparency, Relationship

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"It's a delight to trust somebody so completely."

"It's a delight to trust somebody so completely."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

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"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."

"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."

Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

Trust, Control, Man

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"It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants."

"It's a short step from the belief that every child should be wanted to the belief that a child exists to satisfy our wants."

Leon Kass, American Educator

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"You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next."

"You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

Trust, Faith, Order

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"For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first."

"For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Trust, Betrayal, Relationship, Emotion

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"Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?"

"Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?"

Chris Christie, American Politician

Trust, Change, Government, People

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"While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis."

"While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis."

Carl Levin, American Politician

Trust, Crisis, Security

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"My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage."

"My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage."

Peggy Noonan, American Writer

Trust, Belief, Choice, Despair, Now

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"A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself."

"A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself."

Milton Friedman, American Economist

Trust, Belief, Arguments, Economy, Freedom

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"I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself."

"I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself."

James Carville, American Lawyer

Trust, America, Party, Will

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"Faith is of no evil in absence of strength. Faith and strength, both are essential to accomplish any great work."

"Faith is of no evil in absence of strength. Faith and strength, both are essential to accomplish any great work."

Sardar Patel, Indian Statesman

Trust, Faith, Strength, Determination, Greatness

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"Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians."

"Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians."

Charles Krauthammer, American Journalist

Trust, Politics, Character, America

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"Trust not to much to appearances."

"Trust not to much to appearances."

Virgil, Roman Poet

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"Never go to another woman about your woman. Not unless you want an insidious form of advice."

"Never go to another woman about your woman. Not unless you want an insidious form of advice."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Trust, Advice, Betrayal, Relationship

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"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Trust, Judgment, Sensitivity, Behavior

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"In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust."

"In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Trust, Risk, Choice, Emotion

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"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Trust, Beliefs, Wrong

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"It's not that I don't believe in miracles, but I never quite trust that they're real."

"It's not that I don't believe in miracles, but I never quite trust that they're real."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

Trust, Miracles

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"The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire."

"The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Trust, Belief, First, Journey, Satire

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"Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising."

"Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising."

Roy H. Williams, American Businessman

Trust, Belief, Advertising, Americans, Hate

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"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that."

"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that."

David Byrne, Scottish Musician

Trust, Artist, Responsibility

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"I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it."

"I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Trust, Work, Environment, Film

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"One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them."

"One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

Trust, People, Failure

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"And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good."

"And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good."

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American Politician

Trust, Death, Republicans, Saying

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"Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake."

"Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake."

Christopher Hitchens, American Author

Trust, Faith, Distinction, Friend

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"Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated."

"Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated."

James Dean, American Actor

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"Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior."

"Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior."

Mary McCarthy, American Author

Trust, Behavior, Liberty, Nothing

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"America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world."

"America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world."

John Doolittle, American Politician

Trust, Belief, America, Country, Democracy

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"I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale."

"I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale."

Peter Fonda, American Actor

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"There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can."

"There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

Trust, Living, Man

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"I can trust my friends These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow."

"I can trust my friends These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow."

Cher, American Musician

Trust, People, Force, Friends

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"Jim Bakker came along. He said, Jessica Hahn, listen. You're a virgin. As God as my witness. He said, We need a girl that we can trust."

"Jim Bakker came along. He said, Jessica Hahn, listen. You're a virgin. As God as my witness. He said, We need a girl that we can trust."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

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"If you don't trust the pilot, don't go."

"If you don't trust the pilot, don't go."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

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"Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books."

"Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Trust, Books, Reading, Connection

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"This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment."

"This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment."

Jim Jeffords, American Politician

Trust, Environmental, People, Policy

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"Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level."

"Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level."

Joyce Brothers, American Psychologist

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"Work hard, use your common sense and don't be afraid to trust your instincts."

"Work hard, use your common sense and don't be afraid to trust your instincts."

Fred L. Turner, American Businessman

Trust, Work, Commonsense

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"We will make every effort to unify all ethnic groups, to strengthen belief in Taiwan and to persist in reform."

"We will make every effort to unify all ethnic groups, to strengthen belief in Taiwan and to persist in reform."

Chen Shui-bian, Chinese Statesman

Trust, Belief, Effort, Reform, Will

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"Of all the Hathaway sisters, Cam said equably, "Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. "Thank you, Cam."What are you thinking? Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. "You can't trust Beatrix's judgment."Why not?"She's too young, Leo said."I'm twenty-three, Beatrix protested. "In dog years I'd be dead."

"Of all the Hathaway sisters, Cam said equably, "Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. "Thank you, Cam."What are you thinking? Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. "You can't trust Beatrix's judgment."Why not?"She's too young, Leo said."I'm twenty-three, Beatrix protested. "In dog years I'd be dead."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Trust, Judgment, Love, Aging

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"I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery."

"I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery."

Kate Chopin, American Author

Trust, Editors, Flattery, Giving

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"Something goes wrong, I yell at them -"Fix it"- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust."

"Something goes wrong, I yell at them -"Fix it"- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust."

Bill Parcells, American Coach

Trust, Fault, Wrong

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"We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves."

"We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

Trust, Belief, Liberty

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"To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic."

"To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic."

William Odom, American Soldier

Trust, Heart, Control, Military

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"The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases."

"The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases."

Lance Ito, American Judge

Trust, Consideration, Effect

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"Our belief is that it is a basket of well-diversified companies that are playing the Internet, but are not direct Internet companies."

"Our belief is that it is a basket of well-diversified companies that are playing the Internet, but are not direct Internet companies."

John Zimmerman, American Athlete

Trust, Belief, Internet

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