Sentence examples for believe rather than from inspiring English sources

Why, we voters plead, can't candidates just say what they believe rather than what they think we want to hear?

The Oscar and critical praise heaped on Leto was basically for backing up what people believe rather than portraying an emotionally real character".

Confirmation bias, for another example, inclines humans to look for confirmation of what they already believe rather than for evidence disproving it.

Many of today's problems in Iraq can be traced to the Bush administration's tendency to credit what it wants to believe rather than more realistic accounts.

Quoting the American cartoonist and author James Thurber, he wrote: "…most people want to believe rather than to know, to take for granted rather than to find out".

It reflected the willingness of people in ideological echo chambers to believe what they want to believe rather than check or evaluate sources.

Clear majorities of Americans saw Bush as being more likable, more honest and ethical, more likely to say what he believed rather than what people wanted to hear.

It's a milieu that only came into existence in the last half century; a function of history, she believes, rather than class.

It sanctions, by implication, a future judge's deciding a case on what he or she believes rather than on what is perceived from legal authorities.

Mr Robinson fired off a second round of disrespect by asking if the bosses of John Lewis, Standard Life and BP, who weren't sounding financially enamoured by the idea of new Scottish state, should be believed rather than the First Minister.

Mr. Giuliani was also viewed more than any of his rivals as a candidate who will say what he believes rather than what he thinks audiences want to hear.