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Convincing Quotes

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History is not a catalogue but...a convincing version of events.
A. J. P. Taylor

Authors on Convincing Quotes: Suzanne Collins John Larroquette Bill Vaughan Mark Cuban Gene Brown Elliott Smith Mary Astell Ian Maclaren John Woolman Thomas Love Peacock Friedrich Nietzsche Laurence Olivier Douglas William Jerrold Lord Chesterfield Napoleon Bonaparte Joseph Gordon-Levitt Scott Westerfeld Jean de la Bruyere Chris Guillebeau Maria V. Snyder Orrin Woodward A. J. P. Taylor Josh Hartnett Shane Claiborne Jenny Eclair Clifford Geertz George Jean Nathan Hannah Arendt Patrick Rothfuss John Henry Patterson Robert Charles Wilson Jim Davis Colin Baker
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What convinces is not necessarily true-it is merely convincing: a note for asses.
Friedrich Nietzsche

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Conduct is more convincing than language.
John Woolman

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What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?
Laurence Olivier

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Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do.
Shane Claiborne

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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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Jesus was himself the one convincing and permanent miracle.
Ian Maclaren

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Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.
John Henry Patterson

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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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Instead of convincing people who are opposed to your message, spend your time finding people who are already predisposed to it.
Chris Guillebeau

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People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd be hard for them to be convincing.
Elliott Smith

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The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority.
Gene Brown

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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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Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.
Douglas William Jerrold

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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
Lord Chesterfield

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I've seen more convincing wigs on William Shatner.
John Larroquette

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The Christianity which is shared is the Christianity which is convincing.
Bill Vaughan

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I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.
Jenny Eclair

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The way God has been thought of for thousands of years is no longer convincing; if anything is dead, it can only be the traditional thought of God.
Hannah Arendt

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Selling is never about convincing. It is always about helping.
Mark Cuban

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Haymitch said you'd take a lot of convincing.
Suzanne Collins

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Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
Napoleon Bonaparte

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I don't have any training in dance. I can convince an audience that I know how to dance because I'm a convincing actor.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.
Scott Westerfeld

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Logic is the art of convincing us some truth.
Jean de la Bruyere

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Words are easy. It's convincing the heart that's hard.
Maria V. Snyder

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If the only thing that you are good at is convincing others that you are good, then being in biz with you is bad experience.
Orrin Woodward

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I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character's side for it to be convincing.
Josh Hartnett

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The notion that as a man grows older his illusions leave him is not quite true. What is true is that his early illusions are supplanted by new, and to him, equally convincing illusions.
George Jean Nathan

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...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.
Patrick Rothfuss

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I loved Molly. Or at least I told myself I did. Or, if what I felt for her was not love, it was at least a plausible imitation, a convincing substitute.
Robert Charles Wilson

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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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Ultimately the most challenging thing, always, is to just be convincing
Guy Pearce

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I hope I'm always convincing when I act!
Colin Baker

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Sports executives are great at convincing themselves whatever they believe is right and simply has to be.
Michael Wilbon

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The difference between Martin Sheen and George W. Bush is Martin Sheen is actually convincing when he acts like he's president.
Paul Begala

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I used to dream of true love; now I'm open to false, but convincing.
Jacob M. Appel