I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential.

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I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.

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Believe in yourself, believe in your future.

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To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.

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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. — Herman Melville

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Listen closely. There’s a remote possibility that you might learn something: First, I don’t give a damn if my work is commercial or not…I’m the writer. If what I write is good, then people will read it. That’s why literature exists. An author puts his heart and guts on the page. For your information, a good novel can change the world. Keep that in mind before you attempt to sit down at a typewriter. Never waste time on something you don’t believe in yourself.

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I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

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I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle. ― Fred Hampton

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Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government? - Voltaire

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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.- Maya Angelou

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