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“Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and feelings.”

Feelings Past Belief Bits Memories Simple Information Replay

Author:Daniel Schacter

“False beliefs can be every bit as consoling as true ones, right up until the moment of disillusionment.”

Moments Belief Bits Disillusionment Consoling True Ones

Book:The God Delusion

Source: The God Delusion

“Belief needs something terrible to make it work, I find--blood, nails, a bit of anguish.”

Needs Belief Bits Blood Terrible Nails Anguish

Book:The Gathering

Source: The Gathering

“I've never heard of a situation where, because somebody had a particular political belief, they didn't get a part. I think it's a bit of a myth.”

Thinking Political Belief Bits Situation Heard Particular Myth Political Beliefs

Author:Kevin Spacey

“I cannot say for certain that God does not exist; I think the worst thing that can be said about him is that he's a bit of an underachiever.”

Thinking Doe Said Certain Belief Bits Worst Superstitions Worst Things

Author:Woody Allen

“Its my belief that you can take everyone down a logical path if you take them slowly enough, and the trouble is that mathematical brains can get scrambled a little bit on the way. You get a bad teacher, it messes you up for the rest of the journey.”

Ifs Way Littles Enough Belief Bits Brain Path Teacher Trouble Journey Little Bit Mess Mathematical Logical Bad Teacher

Author:Marcus du Sautoy

“Maybe this is all a bit of a myth, a willful desire to give each place its own unique aura. But doesn't any collective belief eventually become a kind of truth? If enough people act as if something is true, isn't it indeed "true," not objectively, but in the sense that it will determine how they will behave? The myth of unique urban character and unique sensibilities in different cities exists because we want it to exist.”

People Ifs Want Giving Kind Different Enough Character Desire Belief Bits Cities Unique Determine Myth Behave Collectives Sensibility Urban Auras

Author:David Byrne

“Having a belief in God, being able to find joy, despite your circumstances or put yourself outside of yourself, and stop looking inwards and look outwards a little bit really helps to carry through tough times. Giving makes you feel better.”

Giving Feels Looks Littles Helping Able Joy Belief Bits Circumstances Little Bit Tough Despite Feel Better Tough Times Belief In God

Author:Queen Latifah

“I think on some level, all of us have a little bit of belief in the possibility of different energies and forces and things like that. Otherwise, we wouldn't be afraid of them. Or there wouldn't be so many movies about them.”

Thinking Littles Different Belief Energy Force Bits Levels Possibility Little Bit

Author:Nicolas Cage

“When I go to a great movie, I can live somebody else's life a little bit for a while. I can walk in somebody else's shoes. I can see what it feels like to be a member of a different gender, a different race, a different economic class, to live in a different time, to have a different belief.”

Feels Littles I Can Different Belief Bits Walks Race Class Economic Members Little Bit Shoes Gender Different Times Different Races Different Beliefs Economic Class

Author:Roger Ebert