#convinced

Those powers that control the tent are not threatened at all by any activity that you engage in, in the shadows, that's not moving toward the tent. And I am rather convinced that we have a generation that is so preoccupied with life in the shadows, they never even focus on getting to the sunlight where you open up the big tent. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#am #any #big #control #convinced

If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#distinct #early #experiences #me #personalities

I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#am #body #conduct #convinced #debate

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

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Back then I didn't think a woman like that, or a relationship like that, could exist with complete freedom and no jealousy or possessiveness. I thought it sounded too good to be true and I was certainly convinced it wasn't the life for me! ↗

— Sylvia Kristel

#be true #certainly #complete #complete freedom #convinced

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family. ↗

— Hans Kung

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In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#few #had #high #high school #i