#vince

Every time that I write a novel I am convinced for at least two years that it is the last one, because a novel is like a child. It takes two years after its birth. You have to take care of it. It starts walking, and then speaking. ↗

— Umberto Eco

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The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

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Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war. ↗

— Thucydides

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It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

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In the animal world, on the other hand, the process of evolution is characterised by the progressive discrimination of the animal and vegetative functions, and a consequent differentiation of these two great provinces into their separate departments. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

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We, Russia, are prepared to work with others. I am convinced that stability and security in Europe cannot be considered without taking Russia into account. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

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The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

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You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

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I am a Communist, a convinced Communist! For some that may be a fantasy. But to me it is my main goal. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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