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Convincing Quotes

That’s the problem with fiction - or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until you find yourself concerned for the fates of characters who aren’t even fully convincing Picture Quote #1

I’m in the process of convincing my parents to sell me their house so I can just live in my childhood bedroom forever. I figure it might make me age slower Picture Quote #1

I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say Picture Quote #1

Sports executives are great at convincing themselves whatever they believe is right and simply has to be Picture Quote #1

Style consists in maintaining a convincing reality all through a piece. It’s like wearing a garment that looks as if it might have been made for you even if it wasn’t Picture Quote #1

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren’t just straightforward and nice Picture Quote #1

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Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors Picture Quote #1

My uncle... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson Picture Quote #1

The real world has no obligation to be convincing, so it throws up some very weird moments sometimes Picture Quote #1

A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader Picture Quote #1

I support guns and I support the death penalty. Half of my interviews are convincing liberals they’re not liberal Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? Picture Quote #1

If you need a certain vitality you can only supply it yourself, or there comes a point, anyway, when no one’s actions but your own seem dramatically convincing and justifiable in the plot that the number of your days concocts Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t take much convincing to make someone believe they’re better than everyone else Picture Quote #1

In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago Picture Quote #1

Sooner I’d try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to march or to do something they didn’t already feel like doing Picture Quote #1

Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t Picture Quote #1

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Fantasy, if it’s really convincing, can’t become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time Picture Quote #1

That prose is a verse, and verse is a prose; convincing all, by demonstrating plain – poetic souls delight in prose insane Picture Quote #1

He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that doesn’t make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same Picture Quote #1

Does the madman know he is mad? Or are the madmen those who insist o. Convincing him of his unreason in order to safeguard their own idea of reality? Picture Quote #1

Discipline is the long and arduous process of convincing the mind to abide by one’s conscience Picture Quote #1

I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue Picture Quote #1

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With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths Picture Quote #1

Although our package of skin and bones looks very convincing, it is a mask, an illusion, disguising our true self, which has no limitations Picture Quote #1

We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince other’s it’s true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe Picture Quote #1

There was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where we had nothing left to say. I was still trying to impress you, and I still wanted to be impressed by you, so I could pass along pieces of your impressiveness to my friends, convincing myself this was possible Picture Quote #1

Any work of science, no matter what its point of departure, cannot become fully convincing until it crosses the boundary between the theoretical and the experimental: Experimentation must give way to argument, and argument must have recourse to experimentation Picture Quote #1

Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger Picture Quote #1

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That’s the problem with fiction - or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until you find yourself concerned for the fates of characters who aren’t even fully convincing (Convincing Quotes) I’m in the process of convincing my parents to sell me their house so I can just live in my childhood bedroom forever. I figure it might make me age slower (Convincing Quotes) I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say (Convincing Quotes) Sports executives are great at convincing themselves whatever they believe is right and simply has to be (Convincing Quotes) Style consists in maintaining a convincing reality all through a piece. It’s like wearing a garment that looks as if it might have been made for you even if it wasn’t (Convincing Quotes) I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren’t just straightforward and nice (Convincing Quotes) Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors (Convincing Quotes) My uncle... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson (Convincing Quotes) The real world has no obligation to be convincing, so it throws up some very weird moments sometimes (Convincing Quotes) A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader (Convincing Quotes) I support guns and I support the death penalty. Half of my interviews are convincing liberals they’re not liberal (Convincing Quotes) 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 (Convincing Quotes) Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? (Convincing Quotes) If you need a certain vitality you can only supply it yourself, or there comes a point, anyway, when no one’s actions but your own seem dramatically convincing and justifiable in the plot that the number of your days concocts (Convincing Quotes) It doesn’t take much convincing to make someone believe they’re better than everyone else (Convincing Quotes) In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago (Convincing Quotes) Sooner I’d try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to march or to do something they didn’t already feel like doing (Convincing Quotes) Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t (Convincing Quotes) Fantasy, if it’s really convincing, can’t become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time (Convincing Quotes) That prose is a verse, and verse is a prose; convincing all, by demonstrating plain – poetic souls delight in prose insane (Convincing Quotes) He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that doesn’t make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same (Convincing Quotes) Does the madman know he is mad? Or are the madmen those who insist o. Convincing him of his unreason in order to safeguard their own idea of reality? (Convincing Quotes) Discipline is the long and arduous process of convincing the mind to abide by one’s conscience (Convincing Quotes) I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue (Convincing Quotes) With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths (Convincing Quotes) Although our package of skin and bones looks very convincing, it is a mask, an illusion, disguising our true self, which has no limitations (Convincing Quotes) We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince other’s it’s true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe (Convincing Quotes) There was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where we had nothing left to say. I was still trying to impress you, and I still wanted to be impressed by you, so I could pass along pieces of your impressiveness to my friends, convincing myself this was possible (Convincing Quotes) Any work of science, no matter what its point of departure, cannot become fully convincing until it crosses the boundary between the theoretical and the experimental: Experimentation must give way to argument, and argument must have recourse to experimentation (Convincing Quotes) Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger (Convincing Quotes)

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