#vince

A man convinced against his will is not convinced. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we will agree to disagree about substance. ↗

— Goran Persson

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The fields that push up the corn, and the water that rushes down the ravine, the juice of the grape, and the life of a man as it flows past him, are all one and the same thing. The sole unity in life is the unity of rhythm. A rhythm to which we all dance; men, apples, ravines, ploughed fields, carts among the corn, houses, horses, and the sun. The stuff that is in you, Gauguin, will pound through a grape tomorrow, because you and the grape are one. When I paint a peasant labouring in the field, I want people to feel the peasant flowing down into the soil, just as the corn does, and the soil flowing up into the peasant. I want them to feel the sun pouring into the peasant, into the field, the corn, the plough, and the horses, just as they all pour back into the sun. When you begin to feel the universal rhythm in which everything on earth moves, you begin to understand life…. ↗

— Irving Stone

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I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else. ↗

— Bill Mauldin

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I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something. ↗

— Paul Mazursky

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My scientific studies have afforded me great gratification; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work. ↗

— Gregor Mendel

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The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

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My job will not be easy but I am convinced the problems will be solved in a quicker and more efficient way if there is unity and consensus. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

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I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away. ↗

— Thomas Love Peacock

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For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is a pursuit that can be engaged in with intellectual honesty and integrity. ↗

— Arthur Peacocke

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