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• It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe that they are too smart to be sexists.

  Neal Stephenson

  Smart, Believe, Males

  Neal Stephenson (2003). “Snow Crash”, p.57, Spectra

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• In order for him to believe sincerely in eternity, others had to share in this belief, because a belief that no one else shares is called schizophrenia.

  Victor Pelevin

  Believe, Order, Belief

  Victor Pelevin (2002). “Homo Zapiens”, p.12, Penguin

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• When He [God] talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamour of self-will; once they have done that, He really gives them back all their personality, and boasts (I am afraid, sincerely) that when they are wholly His they will be more themselves than ever.

  C. S. Lewis

  Mean, Self, Giving

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• There's a part of me which has always wanted to hear a man say, "Let me take care of you forever," and I have never heard it spoken before. Over the last few years, I'd given up looking for that person, learned how to say this heartening sentence to myself, especially in times of fear. But to hear it from someone else now, from someone who is speaking sincerely.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Men, Years, Forever

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.327, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

  Rene Descartes

  Lasts, Opinion, Demolition

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• I took off my glasses while you were yelling at me once more than once so as not to see you see me react. Should've put 'em, should've put 'em on again so I could see you see me sincerely yelling back.

  Fiona Apple

  Glasses, Yelling, Ems

  Song: Parting Gift, Album: Extraordinary Machine, 2005

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• Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Food, Humble, Rocks

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• If you sincerely believed in God, how could you form one thought, speak one sentence, without mentioning Him?

  Neal Stephenson

  Speak, Form, One Sentence

  Neal Stephenson (2010). “Anathem”, p.178, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone... Scripture suggests that the essence of the divine nature is compassion and that the heart of God is defined by tenderness.

  Brennan Manning

  Heart, Compassion, Essence

  Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.46, NavPress

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• Dear Aunt Loretta, Thank you so much for the awesome pants! How did you know I wanted that for Christmas? I love the way the pants look on my legs! All my friends will be so jealous that I have my very own pants. Thank you for making this the best Christmas ever! Sincerely, Greg

  Jeff Kinney

  Jealous, Aunt, Looks

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• If God exists, not seeking God must be the gravest error imaginable. If one decides to sincerely seek for God and doesn't find God, the lost effort is negligible in comparison to what is at risk in not seeking God in the first place.

  Blaise Pascal

  Errors, Effort, Risk

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• If we are looking for insurance against want and oppression, we will find it only in our neighbors' prosperity and goodwill and, beyond that, in the good health of our worldly places, our homelands. If we were sincerely looking for a place of safety, for real security and success, then we would begin to turn to our communities - and not the communities simply of our human neighbors but also of the water, earth, and air, the plants and animals, all the creatures with whom our local life is shared. (pg. 59, "Racism and the Economy")

  Wendell Berry

  Real, Animal, Air

  Wendell Berry (2010). “The Hidden Wound”, p.129, Counterpoint Press

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• I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all; it makes eternity a rest - a mighty home, not a terror and an abyss. Besides, with this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last; with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low. I live in calm, looking to the end.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Crush, Revenge, Home

  Charlotte Brontë “Jane Eyre”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• It is enough for me to hear someone talk sincerely about ideals, about the future, about philosophy, to hear him say “we" with a certain inflection of assurance, to hear him invoke "others" and regard himself as their interpreter - for me to consider him my enemy.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Philosophy, Enemy, Enough

  Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books

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• He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

  Jules Verne

  Believe, Enemy, May

  Jules Verne (2016). “The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.357, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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• I'm not a liar, sir,' she said. "'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be.

  Orson Scott Card

  Liars, Pretending, Said

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “The Ender Quintet”, p.1052, Macmillan

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• I sincerely hope that they (relations between India and Pakistan) will be friendly and cordial. We have a great deal to do...and think that we can be of use to each other (and to) the world.

  Muhammad Ali Jinnah

  Thinking, India And Pakistan, Friendly

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• But what if...what if you sincerely believed something was true, but you were dead wrong? What if you were so stubbornly sure that you were right, that you wouldn’t even consider the truth? Would the truth be silenced, or would it try to break through?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Break Through, What If, Trying

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• T. Ray said 'Who do you think you are? Julias Shakespeare?' The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare's first name, and if you think I should have corrected him, you are ignorant about the art of survival.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Art, Men, Thinking

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.16, Penguin

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• Certain sincerely devout and spiritually advanced people believe that the God of their understanding helps them find parking places and gives them advice on Mass. Lottery numbers.

  David Foster Wallace

  Believe, Numbers, People

  David Foster Wallace (2011). “Infinite Jest”, p.147, Hachette UK

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• I think it's the same with all the relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone, when one person obviously and sincerely doesn't care if the other is alive or dead, then it's just no good. -- from Quantum of Solace

  Ian Fleming

  Kindness, Men, Thinking

  Ian Fleming (2012). “For Your Eyes Only”, Vintage Digital

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• It is like the thirsty traveller who at first sincerely sought the water of knowledge, but who later, having found it plain perhaps, proceeded to temper his cup with the salt of doubt so that his thirst now becomes insatiable though he drinks incessantly, and that in thus drinking the water that cannot slake his thirst, he has forgotten the original and true purpose for which the water was sought.

  Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

  Drinking, Water, Doubt

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• Why?” Eve leaned forward. “Sincerely, I’ve always wanted to know why anyone buys multiple pairs of shoes at a time.” “If I have to explain it, the joy is lost.

  Nora Roberts

  Shoes, Joy, Pairs

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• It was the kind of promise a father makes easily and sincerely, knowing at the same time that it will be impossible to keep. The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart. A game of baseball can't really make a summer day last forever. A home run can't really heal all the broken places in our world, or in a single human heart. And there was no way that Mr. Feld could keep his promise never to leave Ethan again. All parents leave their children one day.

  Michael Chabon

  Summer, Baseball, Running

  Michael Chabon (2002). “Summerland”, Miramax

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• All I do know, for certain, after 53 years in this business, is that writers who sincerely think that their language can represent reality ought to be plumbers.

  Gilbert Sorrentino

  Reality, Thinking, Years

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