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“In one of the experiments, volunteers were told to bring a lucky charm with them. Then the researchers took it away to take a picture. People brought in all kinds of items, from old stuffed animals to wedding rings to lucky stones. Half of the volunteers were given their charm back before the test started; the other half were told there was a problem with the camera equipment and they would get it back later. Volunteers who had their lucky charm did better at a memory game on the computer, and other tests showed that this difference was because they felt more confident. They also set higher goals for themselves.” (Damisch, 1). I want to integrate this quote into my paper because it discusses how people’s beliefs effect what they do. My thesis deals with how people need their beliefs and having something to believe in helps them so this quote could work will if integrated properly into my paper. Another quote that I was looking at incorporating into my paper is: “The fact that gay and lesbian individuals have been discriminated against by society, particularly by traditional religions, may have challenged them to look beyond the tenets of organized religions and to seek more intensely for answers to the meaning of existence and of faith.” This quote would also work with my thesis because it deals with homosexuals and how religion helps them. This relates to my thesis because my thesis deals with how religion and beliefs help people which links to the scene in my episode in which the mudders rely on their faith in Jayne. Homosexuals and mudders relate because both of them are suppressed peoples.