What's telling is that, in his Oprah interview, Armstrong stated that, at the time, he had no regrets because he believed "It was just how the game was played... (and therefore) it was a level playing field".
At first he had made quite an effort to be quiet, not because he believed in any danger but just because he meant to go easy, be very gentle with her.
Having exhausted all other remedies, Albert finally got in touch with me — not because he believed I could do anything but just to grouse.
One of his longtime deputies, Vincent Basciano, was angry because he believed the prosecutor, Greg Andres, had just given Mr. Basciano's wife a subpoena or was about to do so.
He himself told me that the part of Atticus, the lawyer who took on impossible cases just because he believed in his clients, even though they rarely had any money to pay him, was " like putting on an old suit of clothes – just comfortable".
I watched Kanye do his listening sessions, and he'd jump up on the stage, and be rapping songs, and spitting on people and sweating, and rapping songs - there'd be songs I didn't even like, that I'd start liking just because he believed so in them so much.
Schiff is arguing that Democrats should boycott the select committee not just because he believes its mission is a sham, but also because it would have only five Democrats to seven Republicans, and Democrats would have no power to subpoena witnesses.
Is it because he believes in the law, or just that he is curious and likes a good fight?
Just because he believes in the teaching of history, he does not need to live in the past.
He added: "Just because he believes in the teaching of history doesn't mean he has to live in the past".
