Convinced Quotes - Page 39

• Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

  Maurice Sendak

  Children, Kids, Parent

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• I'm convinced to do improv. All you have to do is listen to what people are saying to you, and then just add more information to what they've just said. That's all there is to improv, but it's the hardest thing to do.

  Ryan Stiles

  People, Add, Information

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was shocked at college to see one hundred of my classmates in the library all reading copies of the same book. Instead of doing as they did, I went into the stacks and read the first book written by an author whose name began with Z. I received the highest grade in the class. That convinced me that the institution was not being run correctly. I left.

  John Cage

  Running, Book, Reading

  John Cage, Richard Kostelanetz (1993). “John Cage, writer: previously uncollected pieces”, Amadeus Press

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• I am convinced that any attempt to restore harmony in the world can only rest on the renewal of personal responsibility.

  Andrei Tarkovsky

  Responsibility, World, Harmony

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• People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious than that they are true.

  George Santayana

  People, Opinion

  George Santayana (2011). “The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense”, p.113, MIT Press

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• I was 52 years old. I had diabetes and incipient arthritis. I had lost my gall bladder and most of my thyroid gland in earlier campaigns, but I was convinced the best was ahead of me.

  Ray Kroc

  Years, Optimism, Campaigns

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.15, St. Martin's Griffin

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• The whole business starts with ideas, and we're convinced that ideas come out of an environment of supportive conflict, which is synonymous with appropriate friction.

  Michael Eisner

  Ideas, Supportive, Conflict

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• You're all so obsessed with other worlds, you're so convinced that this one is crap and everywhere else is great, but you've never bothered to figure out what's going on here!

  Lev Grossman

  Other Worlds, Contentment, Obsessed

  Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.456, Penguin

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• It is senseless to argue with someone whose sole purpose in life is to not be convinced of anything.

  Jon Campbell

  Purpose, Arguing, Argument

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• How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had left them to their own counsels they had as often been their own tormentors, if not executioners!

  John Flavel

  Christian, Events, Sober

  John Flavel (1840). “Divine Conduct: Or, The Mystery of Providence, Wherein the Being and Efficacy of Providence are Asserted and Vindicated ... and the Proper Course of Improving All Providences Pointed Out”, p.19

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• Indeed, your scars may be your greatest ministry. Just as the scars of Jesus convinced Thomas, perhaps your scars will convince someone today.

  Adrian Rogers

  Christian, Jesus, Ministry

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• I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive.

  Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

  Global Warming, Carbon, Policy

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• We are convinced, as some of you may be convinced, that changing the way we produce and use energy is essential to America's economic future, that it will create millions of new jobs, power new industries, keep us competitive, and spark new innovation.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, America, Innovation

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• I'm convinced that whatever state you're in during your pregnancy has a huge influence on the baby's personality - so I hope we haven't produced a little serial killer!

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Baby, Pregnancy, Personality

  "Oscars 2008: Helena Bonham Carter". www.mirror.co.uk. January 24, 2008.

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• Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition - of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Spiritual, Trying, Helping

  Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir (2008). “Through the Magic Door: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.125, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we can give it only by reasoning, waiting for God to give them spiritual insight, without which faith is only human and useless for salvation.

  Blaise Pascal

  Spiritual, Giving, Waiting

  Blaise Pascal (2013). “Pensées”, p.80, Courier Corporation

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• For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love.

  Geneen Roth

  Love, Inspirational, Change

  FaceBook post by Geneen Roth from Apr 24, 2014

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• Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.

  Socrates

  Apology

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• Right now over 70 percent of the world population is convinced that something serious has to be done about the dangers facing the planet. ...Most of humanity wants to know how to make the change. It's one of those tipping-point times where things can change unbelievably fast.

  Paul Ray

  Inspirational, Humanity, Done

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• I am convinced that the devil has caused the subject of giving to stir up resistance and resentment among God's people because he knows there are few ways of spiritual enrichment like the exercise of faithful stewardship.

  Stephen F Olford

  Spiritual, Exercise, People

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• In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely; as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Sports

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.46, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I got a smile that'll make the mirror crack,
  And I seem to stay under clouds that's pitch black.
  So when it rains, it pours, and when it pours, I'm soaked.
  I contracted lung cancer from third hand smoke,
  And I'm like the frog that's dying to be a prince,
  The boy who cried wolf and no one was convinced.
  The man who hit lotto and lost his ticket,
  In a rainstorm...and struck by lightning trying to get it.

  GZA

  Cancer, Rain, Rap

  Song: Life Is a Movie

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• In my experience, if you steer clear of dogma and muster up more love than you thought you had to give, then your vitality increases, satisfaction sets in, sweetness surfaces. I believe in the creative power of good feelings. I'm convinced that the desire to be real is everyone's divine imperative.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Inspirational, Real, Believe

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• I convinced myself I hadn't seen anything, ... I had done this many times before ... I was adept at erasing reality.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Reality, Done, Adept

  Bret Easton Ellis (2005). “Lunar Park”, p.146, Vintage

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• Man is firmly convinced that he is awake; in reality he is caught in a net of sleep and dreams which he has unconsciously woven himself.

  Gustav Meyrink

  Dream, Sleep, Reality

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