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A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot. ↗

— John McCarthy

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Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. ↗

— John McCarthy

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If they had connived a scheme, and Christ had not been raised from the dead, where would have been the hardest place on the face of the earth to convince anyone? In Jerusalem. ↗

— Josh McDowell

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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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I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

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For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

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But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines. ↗

— Liam Neeson

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