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• How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace the narratives that hold us back by inventing wiser stories, free from childish fears, and, in doing so, disperse long-held psychological stumbling blocks.

  Benjamin Zander

  Children, Memories, Block

  Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander (2002). “The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life”, p.45, Penguin

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• I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.

  Chris Chocola

  Strong, Long, United States

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• I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.

  Fritz Zwicky

  Time, Exercise, Brain

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• Conservative talk radio works because there are lots of conservatives who are convinced that they are not getting the whole story from the regular media.

  Paul Weyrich

  Media, Stories, Radio

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• I’m not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that’s what the British bequeathed us

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Men, Vote, British

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• I am saying that there is no salvation apart from Jesus; that’s my evangelical mindset. However, I am not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians

  Tony Campolo

  Christian, Jesus, Mindset

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• I'm not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians.

  Tony Campolo

  Christian, Jesus

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• Then, when the Fed's fire hoses started spraying an elephant soup of liquidity injections in every direction, and its balance sheet grew by $1.3 trillion in just thirteen weeks compared to $850 billion during its first ninety-four years, I became convinced that the Fed was flying by the seat of its pants, making it up as it went along. It was evident that its aim was to stop the hissy fit on Wall Streetm and that the thread of a Great Depression 2.0 was just a cover story for a panicked spree of money printing that exceeded any other episode in recorded human history.

  David Stockman

  Wall, Years, Elephants

  "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America". Book by David Stockman, 2013.

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• I came home from Portugal convinced that nothing is so important as making known what the Mother of God asked in those apparitions of 1917 . . . The future of our civilization, our liberties, our very existence may depend upon the acceptance of her commands.

  William Thomas Walsh

  Mother, Home, Acceptance

  William Thomas Walsh (1947). “Our Lady of Fátima”

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• Training is a good dog, a constant companion and an utterly loyal and devoted friend, and everyone should have one. Education is a nagging counselor. And, I am convinced, everyone does have one. It happens, however, that some nagging counselors have grown strong by a certain kind of nourishment. Others are weak and puny, even infantile, having never been nourished at all.

  Richard Mitchell

  Dog, Strong, Should Have

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• I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration.

  Genevieve Gorder

  Powerful, Artist, Thinking

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• I'm serenely convinced that we are heading into what will amount to a time out from technological progress as we know it.

  James Howard Kunstler

  Progress, Technological, Headings

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• Worry springs from not being convinced of a sovereign God's absolute love for you. Worry disappears when you realize that God loves you unfailingly and will let nothing interrupt His plans for your good.

  J. D. Greear

  Spring, Love You, Worry

  J. D. Greear (2011). “Gospel”, p.56, B&H Publishing Group

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• I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that she was waiting for me on the other side of the grave.

  Spalding Gray

  Mother, Suicide, Waiting

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• For if enough people were really convinced that growth should be halted, and if they acted on that conviction, then billions of others might be deprived of any realistic hope of gaining the opportunities now enjoyed by the more fortunate.

  Herman Kahn

  Opportunity, People, Growth

  Herman Kahn, William Morle Brown, Léon Martel (1976). “The next 200 years: a scenario for America and the world”, William Morrow & Company

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• Hindsight is 20/20, but the moral of the writing for me is that when you're feeling very scared and nervous about something and you're fairly convinced that it could be a massive disaster, that's exactly the idea that you should do.

  Damon Lindelof

  Writing, Ideas, Feelings

  "The Lost Creators Come Clean". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. May 7, 2014.

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• A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.

  Lord Acton

  Liars, Men, Honest

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• To become convinced that you can succeed is the first requisite to success.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Firsts, Succeed

  Napoleon Hill, Wallace D. Wattles (2012). “Get Rich Collection”, p.263, Penguin

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• I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.

  Dalai Lama

  Heart, Responsibility, Universal

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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• I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman.

  Manning Marable

  Strength, Women, African American

  Manning Marable (1988). “The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race, Class, and Power”

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• The opportunities for using our financial resources to spread the gospel and strengthen the church all over the world are greater than they've ever been. As God raised up Esther for just such a time as hers, I'm convinced he's raise us up, with all our wealth, to help fulfill the great commission. The question is, what are we doing with that money? Our job is to make sure it gets to his intended recipients.

  Randy Alcorn

  Jobs, Opportunity, Church

  Randy Alcorn (2011). “Money, Possessions, and Eternity”, p.377, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

  Akio Morita

  Leadership, Ideas, World

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• Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will ultimately lead to the Kingdom of God. I am convinced that all the works of humankind will be reintegrated in the work of God, and that each of us, no matter how sinful, will ultimately be saved.

  Jacques Ellul

  Race, Kingdoms, Matter

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• I am convinced that our movement will be more demoralized and weakened by blind and uncritical admiration than by frank admission of past mistakes.

  Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma

  Mistake, Past, Movement

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• Perfectionism is really a manifestation of the belief that one's efforts are never good enough. Imagine: How many of the obstacles standing in your way are the product of your own imagination? What have you convinced yourself that you can't do? What limitations have you come to believe in? Your mind is very powerful and effective. Is it working for you, or against you?

  Ralph Marston

  Powerful, Believe, Imagination

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