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Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind. ↗

— Mary Astell

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Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

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I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition. ↗

— Jim Davis

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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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What I can't quite see at this stage is that the evidence, even to the president, seems to be that clear. And if it is that clear, I can't understand why we are not capable of convincing our closest allies that given that evidence, they ought to join us in this effort. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

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There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative. ↗

— Joichi Ito

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I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

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That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment. ↗

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

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