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Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Man is firmly convinced that he is awake; in reality he is caught in a net of sleep and dreams which he has unconsciously woven himself. ↗

— Gustave Meyrink

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But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic. ↗

— Frank Miller

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Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

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Social engineering is using deception, manipulation and influence to convince a human who has access to a computer system to do something, like click on an attachment in an e-mail. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

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I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

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I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

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I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive. ↗

— Christopher Monckton

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Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live. ↗

— Joe Montana

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Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

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