Since they believe themselves to be descended from that ancestor, it would be like eating that ancestor or eating themselves.

因为他们相信自己是那个祖先的后裔，这就像吃那个祖先或吃自己一样。

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Man often become what they believe themselves to be.

人们常常会成为他们相信自己将成为的那个样子。

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They believe themselves descendants of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

他们认为自己的祖先是所罗门王和示巴皇后。

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"I want to say to you today that we want to transfer district by district to Afghan political and military control starting next year, districts that we believe the Afghans can run themselves,".

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I want students to really ask themselves the questions: what do I believe?

我希望同学们能够真正地扪心自问：,我信仰什么？

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Two and two things along mattered in terms of determining who will be the extraordinarily successful and the rest: the first thing was the extraordinarily successful groups really believe in themselves.

只有两件事会决定谁会成为格外成功的人,和其余的人上有关系：,第一是那部分人真的相信自己。

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"The people who believe themselves to be opinion leaders are less affected by others, " Iyengar said.

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It will not come easily to armies who believe themselves to be the defenders of a unified state.

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Do they believe themselves moulded from another clay than the rest of mankind?

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