#convince

Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

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I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive. ↗

— Bo Gritz

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Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact. ↗

— Jane Haddam

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It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting. ↗

— Michael C. Hall

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From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

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But I am convinced that those Jews who stand aside today with a malicious smile and with their hands in their trousers' pockets will also want to dwell in our beautiful home. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

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They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go in unless I'm convinced by the people who write them that they're true. And if I'm wrong, then so be it. ↗

— Ian Hislop

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There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it. ↗

— Ernest Holmes

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This discovery convinced me of the power of crystallography and led me to continue in this field. ↗

— Robert Huber

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