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• Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

  Frederick Winslow Taylor

  Time, Work, Doe

  Frederick Winslow Taylor (1947). “Scientific Management, Comprising Shop Management: The Principles of Scientific Management [and] Testimony Before the Special House Committee”, New York, Harper

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• As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement.

  Jesse James Garrett

  Successful, World, May

  Interview with Erin Malone, October 27, 2002.

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• The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince the Chinese intelligentsia of the superiority of the European culture.

  Hu Shih

  Christian, Chinese, Culture

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• It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.

  Raymond Queneau

  Character, Views, Interesting

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• As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right.

  Catharine Beecher

  Writing, Talking, People

  Catharine Esther Beecher (1872). “Woman's Profession as Mother and Educator: With Views in Opposition to Woman Suffrage”, p.206

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• The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

  Josh Billings

  Inspirational, Wise, Silly

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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

  Lord Chesterfield

  Persuasion, Conviction, Convincing

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.65, Oxford University Press

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• There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

  Alexander Herzen

  Pieces, Stubborn, World

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• A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.

  George Mason

  Blessing, Convince Us, Years

  George Mason's letter to his daughter Sarah Mason McCarty after the death of an infand daughter (February 10, 1785) as quoted in Kate Mason Rowland "The Life of George Mason, Volume 2: 1725-1792" (p. 74), 1892.

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• Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

  H. L. Mencken

  Lucky Charms, Done, Literature

  H. L. Mencken (2009). “Prejudices: Third Series”, p.166, Cosimo, Inc.

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• To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time.

  Evita Peron

  Take Time, Oneself

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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

  Trying, Persuasion, Convincing

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• Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything.

  Art Spiegelman

  Definitions, Polemics, Wells

  "Art Spiegelman: The Sky Is Falling". Interview with Steven Heller, www.aiga.org. October 01, 2004.

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• It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting.

  Michael C. Hall

  Play, Interesting, Acting

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• I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I really can act, without doing a Chinese accent or a funny walk.

  David Carradine

  Chinese, Needs, Kung Fu

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• When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.

  Veronica Franco

  Heart, Men, Hands

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• It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.

  John Wilkins

  Men, Giving, Vex

  John Wilkins (1802). “The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester: To which is Prefix'd the Author's Life, and an Account of His Works; in Two Volumes”, p.134

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• I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music.

  Keith Urban

  Country, Heart, Thinking

  "Aussie Keith Urban's success 'destiny'" By Lauren Hunter, cnn.com. February 19, 2001.

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• Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that’s a real success story for us.

  Mike Johanns

  Country, Real, Animal

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

  Harold Geneen

  Happiness, Leadership, Attitude

  "Managing". Book by Harold Geneen, 1984.

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• You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected.

  Rand Beers

  People, Succeed, Protected

  "Blast from my past: 'What next?' Rolling Stone". Interview with Amanda Griscom, thomaspmbarnett.squarespace.com. July 8-22, 2004.

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• People who are most afraid of their dreams convince themselves they don't dream at all.

  John Steinbeck

  Dream, People

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.224, Penguin

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• We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not just let them roam the streets.

  Brigitte Bardot

  Dog, Children, People

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• We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Military, Brave, Just Friends

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution”, p.205, Algora Publishing

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• The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.

  Casey Stengel

  Thinking, Trying, Approval

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