Word: belief
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...while, they have stuck closely to their core belief that the wit, heart and characters of a film are the keys to a film’s success, not merely expensive actors on voicework or eye-popping technological achievements...
...more to it than that. I think that performance should be less about preparing the technical aspects of the piece and more about getting in touch with and developing a connection with the music you’re performing. It’s my belief that you can’t truly perform music you don’t understand...
...West’s solutions are three-fold, yet also largely theoretical. He urges America to affirm “the Socratic commitment to questioning,” a “prophetic commitment to justice,” and a belief in “tragicomic hope...
...sees Iraq as central to the campaign against al-Qaeda; Kerry calls Iraq a diversion from it. Kerry stresses the need to work within alliances; Bush has shown a propensity to act alone. The President speaks openly of using force to promote democracy in the Muslim world; Kerry's belief in power is tempered by a recognition of its limits. Kerry is cautious; Bush courts risk. "The only thing in common between these guys is Skull and Bones," says Kerry adviser Richard Holbrooke, referring to the secret society that Bush and Kerry belonged to at Yale...
Given the current strains on U.S. resources and manpower, Kerry's hardheaded realism seems sensible for the times. His advisers say he would insist on policies grounded in facts rather than ideological goals. In Kerry's view, Bush's belief in the inevitability of freedom's triumph has become a hazard, blinding him to the harsh reality of the country's predicament in Iraq. "This is the critical issue that goes back to his experiences in Vietnam," says Winer. "Respect for the facts is critical. Kerry's approach is fact based. President Bush's is faith based...