A proverb is a short,well-known saying that expresses a common truth or belief.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

So let me move on now to the next lecture, " which is "Belief as Self-Fulfilling Prophecies".

现在开始下一课，“信念即自我实现预言。

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It's important to realize--as you read the dialogue, it becomes fairly apparent-- that there isn't so much any defense of the belief in the soul.

值得注意的是,当你们读这篇对话时,会发现里面并没有,多少篇幅很明显地,论证灵魂的存在

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The people had elected Polk because they shared his belief that the United States should extend from sea to sea -- from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

In other words, my belief-- and I am going to back that up with research today and for the next semester-- is human nature is fixed.

换言之，那是我相信的观点-,我会用三个研究加以证明，从今天开始,直到下个学期-,人类本性是固有的。

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So,first of all,let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

VOA: special.2011.05.19

Another sort of task, which is a task that's been done hundreds, perhaps thousands of times, is known as "the false-belief task" and here's the idea.

另一种任务,已经被应用过了成百上千次,叫做"错误信念任务",任务是这样的

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Some of Wilson's compromises violated his belief in self-determination.

VOA: special.2010.11.11

The right answer is Max will-- Maxie will look in the cupboard, even though it's not really there because Maxie has a false belief about the world.

正确的答案是,马克西会到橱柜里找,尽管球实际上球并不在那里,因为马克西拥有关于世界的错误信念

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So,first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-- nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

VOA: special.2011.03.17

And we'll talk about it in future lecture as belief in self-fulfilling prophecies.

我们会在下一次课讲到自我实现的预言。

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"Our plan is based on the belief that fast-acting tax relief is the most effective way to put our economy back on track,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

For what it's worth--and I don't actually think that what I'm about to say is worth all that much-- I'm going to share with you my own pet belief.

不论这的价值如何，我并不觉得,我将要说的这些有多少价值-,我只是想分享一下自己的拙见。

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Aslan said Washington has traditionally supported autocratic regimes in the belief that,without them, anti-west Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood movement will come to power.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Belief as self-fulfilling prophecies.

信念即自我实现预言。

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In announcing the award, Templeton officials said "Ayala's clear voice in matters of science and faith echoes the foundation's belief that evolution of the mind and truly open-minded inquiry can lead to real spiritual progress in the world."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

In many moods--at least,when I think about not the simple, the ordinary David Smith case with a single belief or two, but the full bodied--that's a bad term-- the full blown Napoleon case with all the memories,all the beliefs.

至少我想到的不是，这个简单的只拥有一两个信念的案例，而是完全的，不该这么说-,完整的拥有全部记忆和信念的拿破仑。

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