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Quote by David Hume
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady

Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. – David Hume

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A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. – David Hume

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Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. – David Hume

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When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that. – Gertrude Stein

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I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and Ive been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke. – Diablo Cody

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We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly – spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order. – Susan Taylor

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Every animal leaves traces of what it was man alone leaves traces of what he created. – Jacob Bronowski

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Fall, not spring, is the time in this region to clear away dead leaves and branches, to renovate the borders, to start new gardens…. And even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn. – Elizabeth Lawrence, A Southern Garden

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Our citizens and those who have gone before us charted the broad outlines of where we need to go, and they would envy our opportunity to translate those dreams into action. And I believe they will judge us very harshly should we fail to act. – Dave Freudenthal

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