We believe that self-reliance exercised through good sense and a strong work ethic is a virtue that earns limitless rewards.
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We have taken these positions because we believe that freedom and self-determination are not unique to one culture.
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Of course, in a sense, by choosing to leave his family and move to a place to which he had no connection, he was doing exactly what his parents had done, but, unlike them, he decided to believe that his choosing self had been shaped by fate and family.
"I want to see evidence they have really tried not only in the UK, but also Europe and further afield to recruit these doctors, I believe that it is a self-fulfilling prophecy, " he said.
We believe that that is in their self-interest as well as in our interest to do that.
Compared with Europeans, who instinctively look to government for guidance, the vast majority of Americans still believe that hard work is the key to self-improvement.
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Certainly true, but I believe that an even greater problem is the self deception that is indicated by their use of financial models of any kind.
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However, the fact that no deal with an alternative distributor has been announced by now concerns us, and leads us to believe that DWA may be seriously considering a self-distribution model, which would likely require some sort of capital raise, likely in the form of debt issuance.
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Economists, psychologists and historians of science all tell us (and I am inclined to believe them) that we act within our rational self-interest.
Though the jury did not believe Arias' story that she killed Travis Alexander in self-defense, Zervakos said he believed Alexander abused her.
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And I don't believe that President-elect Obama will be full of self-pity.
Walmart like the majority of employers with more than 5, 000 empolyes is self insured so people need to believe that they are getting high quality care and it appears that their partnership with world class health care providers supports that view.
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It is just that I believe that the pendulum has swung so far away from the mythos of the American Dream and self-made men that it is high time to redress the balance through overemphasizing to make my point.
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The bottom line is that young people self-select into careers where they believe they will fit in.
Now note that among self-described family run businesses, those who believe this perception harms the talent pool increases to 55%.
It is exceedingly hard to believe that House Representatives and Senators would be willing to look past their own self-interests (read: reelection) and willingly alienate even a small portion of their constituents by permitting, for example, the mortgage interest or charitable contribution deduction to be removed from the law.
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That might sound squishy, but believe me, it does wonders for fragile self-esteem.
Milton Campbell, better known as Little Milton, was a legend of the Delta blues, a self-taught guitarist with a voice that really made you believe what he had to say.
Because you better believe that when girls are out there making bad choices, that has to do with self-esteem and there's nothing like a father to help a child develop his or her self-esteem.
Does anyone seriously believe that HHS is handing these waivers out based on merit and need, rather than political self-interest?
We believe that is the first time that the welcome factor has been measured in a quantitative way beyond self-reporting.
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"I found in my experiences that it's not that men are consciously discriminating against promoting women, but I do believe as people we have self-images about what's good, " she said.
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In the 1880s, for example, Gladstone came to believe that Ireland -- all of it at that time a part of Britain -- needed to be self-governed, with its own parliament.
If crises can hit us at any moment for no reason, and not because, say, governments impose self-reinforcing down-spiral accounting rules on the banks, then it is easier to believe that we should spend our time figuring out ways to mitigate the inevitable consequences rather than trying to prevent what cannot be prevented.
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