"When we are young we believe to be adults; when we are adults we believe to be young."

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“Music for me is like a balsam. I always whish that when people are watching me or listening to me, they take with them this energy I receive from God.”

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"I don't believe everything Bill tells me about his players. Had they been that good, they'd not only have won the European Cup but the Ryder Cup, the Boat Race and even the Grand National."

— Jock Stein

Religion1922–1985

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"You must believe: a poem is a holy thing — a good poem, that is."

— Theodore Roethke

Literature1913–1963

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"I’d ask you to forego the jingoistic claptrap, but it’s terrifyingly obvious you truly believe it."

— M. K. Hobson

Literature1969

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"Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for — they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose, that after years spent in this manner, they have any feeling…"

— William Hazlitt

Literature1778–1830

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