#convincing

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. ↗

— William Blake

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At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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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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What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table? ↗

— Jacques Lacan

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Feeling has as much to say as the words do. You can have the greatest words in the world and if they're not believable, they don't strike a chord and they're not said convincingly, it's not a great song. ↗

— Sam Phillips

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You know, I had my mother and my father convincing me that he would be going back to Hollywood and he'd be back with the actresses and dating them and that he wasn't serious about me at all. So I had him saying one thing to me and my parents telling me something else. ↗

— Priscilla Presley

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Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing other countries to make their laws comply with international rules. ↗

— Jim Ramstad

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Word of mouth—it’s more powerful, more convincing, and more audible than word of hand.
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— Jarod Kintz

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You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

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The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'? ↗

— Rob Zombie

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