Michael C. Hall

I'm an actor, so I think without a character to play, a story to tell, a song to sing... there's some suspicion that there's no 'there' there. Like, if I were to just strip down and present myself, I think I'd sort of just... disappear.

American Actor

Umberto Eco

It is clear that when you write a story that takes place in the past, you try to show what really happened in those times. But you are always moved by the suspicion that you are also showing something about our contemporary world.

Italian Novelist

Arthur Smith

I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery.

English Comedian

Marcel Proust

The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually. There are added to it in the course of our life things of which we have never had any suspicion.

French Author

Christopher Lasch

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.

American Historian

Joan Didion

I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.

American Author

Esa-Pekka Salonen

There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

Finnish Musician

Henry David Thoreau

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

William Shakespeare

English Playwright

Petrarch

Italian Poet

Carries a negative connotation, suggesting you think someone did something wrong.

Negative Connotation

Implies a belief that is not yet confirmed by evidence.

Not Yet Proven

Can prompt someone to investigate further to find out the truth.

Cause of Action

Means a very small, almost undetectable amount; like a taste or hint.

Hint or Trace

Often used to describe a small addition to food that changes its taste slightly.

Describing Flavors

Means a guess without solid evidence; more than a guess but less than a fact.

Lacks Evidence

Can motivate someone to start looking for more information.

Start of Inquiry

Use carefully when talking about people; it might be offensive if wrong.

Caution in Accusing

 off or anything it was just basically I wanted to talk to her I asked her where she was going she was going to go shopping she was a regular crosser she had given me her crossing document and I was getting ready to release her then the woman's behavior raises Ovilus is suspicion I asked her if she had anything on her person I was just

Drug-Trafficking Granny...

 and it's a whole other story. And I don't know who's watching who, but I have a suspicion that a lot of people are watching me. And I'm not paranoid, but everywhere I go, I'm getting all sorts of Go here, move there, watch out for this. A lot of the information is good. Some of it's helpful. A lot of it's kind of reversed.

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 So this came out in a scientific journal a few years ago, but more importantly, it was featured on Miami," so you really know it's true. So where do our microbes come from in the first place? Well if, as I do, you have dogs or kids, you probably have some dark suspicions about that, all of which are true, by the way.

Rob Knight: How our...

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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...

 The suspicions that you hold about people who espouse beliefs that you don't have, starts to evaporate. Because you can imagine yourself stepping into those shoes. And as you're stepping into those, you're embracing the humility of uncertainty.

How to disagree...

 We need the opposite. We need to cultivate algorithm suspicion, scrutiny and investigation. We need to make sure we have algorithmic accountability, auditing and meaningful transparency. We need to accept that bringing math and computation

Machine intelligence...

 anything they believe shouldn’t be there. But the consequence of this constant surveillance is that our bodies treat helpful implants, like insulin pumps, with the same suspicion as they would a harmful virus or bacteria.

Your body vs. implants -...

 back to back with me so nobody can I can't see I will start first so there's no suspicion I want you to start drawing yours now oops i jus it a little backwards I think I thought of Switzerland for some reason yeah i'm

Magic that breaks the...

 And then doubts, questions and suspicion will creep in. And that is going to make us feel really bad and guilty. So to protect ourselves from the discomfort, we have an option.

Inés Hercovich: Why...

 even close up their suspicion isn't aroused adult to remain blissfully

Suspicion

The feeling or belief that someone is guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest.

Often appears as...

A very small amount of something.

Often appears as...

An idea or belief without certain proof.

Often appears as...

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Negative Connotation

Not Yet Proven

Cause of Action

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