Convinced Quotes - Page 21

• I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

  Natalie Portman

  Divorce, Gay, People

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• You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.

  Ronald Reagan

  Long, People, Politics

  "Ronald Reagan".

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• I asked all of our recruiters to give me all resumes of prospective employees with their name, gender, place of origin, and age blacked out. This simple change shocked me, because I found myself interviewing different-looking candidates - even though I was 100% convinced that I was not being biased in my resume selection process.

  Eric Ries

  Simple, Names, Giving

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• 'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Book, Writing

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• I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

  David Rockefeller

  Friendship, Family, Money

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm convinced being a tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world.

  Andy Roddick

  Jobs, Tennis, World

  "U.S. Open: Roddick Speaks" by Reeves Wiedeman, www.newyorker.com. September 1, 2011.

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• I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.

  J. K. Rowling

  Writing, Novel, Wanted

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• I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

  Bertrand Russell

  Philosophy, Addiction, Progress

  Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.28, Psychology Press

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• I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

  Bertrand Russell

  Life, Happiness, Gratitude

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• Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.

  Francoise Sagan

  Way, Film, Arcs

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• In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online, it didn't exist at all. It showed me criticism's future.

  Jerry Saltz

  Writing, Criticism, Online

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• The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country.

  Rick Santorum

  Country, Children, Block

  Fox News-Google GOP Presidential debate at the Orlando Convention Center in Orlando, Fla, www.foxnews.com. September 22, 2011.

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• I'm convinced that we can shape a different future for this country as it relates to mental health and as it relates to suicide.

  David Satcher

  Suicide, Country, Different

  "U.S. surgeon-general focuses on suicide, mental health". www.cnn.com. April 17, 1998.

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• I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Smoking, World, Want

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• As a writer, I'm not convinced that we are the best equipped to understand how we go about the business of literary production.

  Will Self

  Productions

  "Incidents along the road" by Will Self, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2009.

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• No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: he is always convinced that it says what he means.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Our Theatres In The Nineties". Book by George Bernard Shaw, 1932.

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• We have convinced over one billion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Faith, Islamic, Government

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• It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line of broken marriages. My parents divorced, and I had two broken marriages myself.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Two, Long, Broken

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• I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time.

  Charles Stanley

  Running, Prayer, Men

  Charles F. Stanley “How to Listen to God”, Harper Collins

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• I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

  John Steinbeck

  Dog, Eye, Thinking

  John Steinbeck (2012). “The Portable Steinbeck”, p.42, Penguin

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• In my life, there have been people that I was convinced would be around forever, and yet, somehow they managed to drift away after a couple of years. Likewise there have been people who have begun as casual acquaintances but become more important with each passing year.

  Alana Stewart

  Couple, Years, People

  "My Journey With Farrah" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2009.

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• 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

  Optimism, Quality, Share

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• Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Life, Attitude, Impact

  Charles R. Swindoll (1998). “The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart”, p.43, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.

  Uma Thurman

  Inspirational, Pain, Teenager

  "Interview with Laura Yorke". "Reader's Digest" Magazine, July 2006.

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• I'd much rather have 15 people arguing about something than 15 people splitting into two camps, each side convinced it's right and not talking to the other.

  Linus Torvalds

  Talking, Two, People

  "Leader of the Free World" by Gary Rivlin, www.wired.com. November 01, 2003.

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