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"Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence."

"Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence."

Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian Musician

Trust, Chance, Democracy, First

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"Don't trust anyone over thirty."

"Don't trust anyone over thirty."

Jerry Rubin, American Activist

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"Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion."

"Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Trust, Belief, Absurdity, Opinion

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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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"I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides."

"I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

Trust, Relationships

18

"Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy."

"Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Trust, Fidelity, Money, Betrayal

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"It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia."

"It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia."

John Howard, Australian Statesman

Trust, Belief, Country, Drugs

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"I found it to be more challenging to be in a huge effects movie, because a lot of the things aren't there.You have to trust the director and react to nothing."

"I found it to be more challenging to be in a huge effects movie, because a lot of the things aren't there.You have to trust the director and react to nothing."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

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"The worst cynicism: a belief in luck."

"The worst cynicism: a belief in luck."

Joyce Carol Oates, American Novelist

Trust, Belief, Luck

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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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"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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"Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect."

"Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect."

Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist

Trust, Men, Dishonesty

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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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"Never trust any complicated cocktail that remainds perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds."

"Never trust any complicated cocktail that remainds perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence."

"No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence."

Ann Landers, American Journalist

Trust, Belief, Right

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"A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest."

"A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest."

Henry Ellis, British Psychologist

Trust, Beliefs, Man

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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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"I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck."

"I have never grown out of the infantile belief that the universe was made for me to suck."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

Trust, Belief, Universe

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"Trust the tale, not the teller."

"Trust the tale, not the teller."

David Knopfler, British Musician

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"In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us."

"In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us."

Linda Chavez, American Author

Trust, Beliefs, Fact, Fanatics, Military

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"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."

Steve Wozniak, American Businessman

Trust, Computer

17

"Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems."

"Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

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"Brent never trusted anyone who couldn't look him in the eye. It was a sign of dishonesty."

"Brent never trusted anyone who couldn't look him in the eye. It was a sign of dishonesty."

Kenneth Eade, American Author

Trust, Honesty, Observation, Relationship

17

"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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"As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?"

"As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?"

John Trumbull, American Artist

Trust, Rights, Obligation, Posterity

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"What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust."

"What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust."

Pope John Paul II, Polish Clergyman

Trust, Brother, Will

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"We all must learn to dig down deep inside, trust that inner voice, and not be afraid to face and forgive ourselves."

"We all must learn to dig down deep inside, trust that inner voice, and not be afraid to face and forgive ourselves."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

Trust, Deep, Voice

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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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"Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors."

"Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors."

Major Taylor, American Athlete

Trust, Belief, Confidence, Will

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"Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood."

"Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood."

Stanislaw Lec, Polish Poet

Trust, Heart, Blood

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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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"President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness."

"President Reagan is now at rest. We mourn his passing, but we are grateful for the gifts he gave us: a safer world, strong economic base, and a renewed belief in America's greatness."

Elton Gallegly, American Politician

Trust, Belief, Greatness, America, Gifts

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"They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true."

"They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true."

Robert Frost, American Poet

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"You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief."

"You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief."

Marianne Moore, American Poet

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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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"Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences."

"Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences."

Henry Campbell Bannerman, British Prime Minister

Trust, Confidence, Gentlemen, May

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"My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it."

"My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it."

Katherine Moennig, American Actress

Trust, Challenge

16

"I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this."

"I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this."

Joss Whedon, American Writer

Trust, Right, Waiting

16

"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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"This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it."

"This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it."

Roger Penrose, English Physicist

Trust, Mathematics, Physics

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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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"What Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public is a reason for us to cease to trust him and for him to resign."

"What Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public is a reason for us to cease to trust him and for him to resign."

Donella Meadows, American Environmentalist

Trust, Nation, Public, Reason

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"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course."

"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course."

Larry Bird, American Coach

Trust, Nature, Day, Facts

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"One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another."

"One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another."

Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician

Trust, Time, Idea, Deep

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"But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty."

"But teleological considerations can lead no further than to a belief and a hope. They do not give certainty."

Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Politician

Trust, Belief, Hope, Certainty

16

"The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return."

"The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return."

Linus Torvalds, Finnish Businessman

Trust, People, Linux, Network

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"Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film."

"Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film."

Richard Donner, American Director

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"The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become."

"The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Trust, Intuition

16

"I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being."

"I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being."

James Cash Penney, American Businessman

Trust, Belief, Being, Man

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"Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities."

"Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Trust, Belief, Trying

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