Convincing Quotes

The biggest problem was convincing my father that organic food was worth eating. All he could think of was the nut loaf with yeast gravy that my mother made in the Seventies. Nell Newman
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I was never a very convincing social conservative, and always avoided associating myself with that part of the broader conservative movement. Niall Ferguson
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When I was 12, I got a manager, but my mom was against it. It took a lot of convincing. But when I got a job at Manhattan Theatre Club, I think she saw how passionate I was about it and that I worked really hard - and now she's super supportive. Nicola Peltz
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I don't think that experience is a very useful or convincing attribute for a sensible foreign policy. Henry Kissinger had a lot of experience. Noam Chomsky
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I really don't want to go to work every day convincing myself of what I'm saying. I want the material to make me a better actor; then I try to return the favor to the material. Paul Dano
Work Saying Myself Day Me Every Day Better Try Every Favor Better Actor Make Return Material Go Want Then Really Convincing Actor
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. Pete Wentz
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I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying! Portia de Rossi
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Some of the most common pitfalls I see occur when authors don't check their privilege. Billions are living in a personal apocalypse right this second, so a little research and empathy can go a long way toward developing a convincing world. Rae Carson
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I feel more comfortable in men's clothing, and I'm a lot of more convincing as a boy than as a gendered female. But with women's clothing, I feel more empowered. Rain Dove
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A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star. Richard D. Zanuck
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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
You People Part Like Were Want Again Convincing Serious Hardest Hardest Part
It turns out you can train a neural network on a big body of text. It can be Wikipedia; it can be all the works of Charles Dickens; it could be all of the Internet. They can use grammar and put words together in interesting and convincing ways - and, I think, unexpected and beautiful ways. Robin Sloan
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Many people told me such convincing ghost stories that I felt that there really were ghosts, though I hadn't seen any. And though I still haven't seen a ghost, I feel that they are all around us; we are just not aware of them being there. Ruskin Bond
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Part of what makes your performances more convincing is that your own image isn't getting in the way. And the more you can keep it like that, the better for your work and your state of mind. Sam Riley
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Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges. Scott Hamilton
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Marketing is selling an ad to a firm. So, in some sense, a lot of marketing is about convincing a CEO, 'This is a good ad campaign.' So, there is a little bit of slippage there. That's just a caveat. That's different from actually having an effective ad campaign. Sendhil Mullainathan
Good Sense Marketing Bit Some About Having Firm Lot Campaign Effective Selling Just Different Little Little Bit CEO Convincing Actually Ad Ad Campaign
The detail adds an element of unexpected something. All fiction is false; what makes it convincing is that it runs alongside the truth. The real world has lots of incidental details, so a painting also has to have that element of imperfection and irregularity, those incidental details. Shaun Tan
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In Mahesh Manjrekar's films, women find their way into a realistic story in the most convincing way. Shruti Haasan
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When writing fiction, you only have to know enough to be convincing on the page. I mean really convincing, of course - but you don't need academic depth. Simon Mawer
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I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like. Stephen Fry
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Treat a boy like a fool and he'll act like a fool, I say, but there's some folks need convincing. Stephen Vincent Benet
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It would be difficult to write a convincing ghost story set on a sunny day in a big city. Susan Hill
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In 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,' I wanted to create the most convincing story of magic and magicians that I could. Susanna Clarke
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I actually began my career by convincing my parents to let me be an actress when I was 12 with a PowerPoint presentation describing acting and my goals. Sydney Sweeney
Me Goals Parents PowerPoint Began Convincing Acting Describing Actress Actually Career Presentation
But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices. Thomas Perry
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It is really hard to make it convincing enough that you forget you are playing a video game. Tim Page
You Game Enough Make Forget Video Video Game Really Convincing Hard Playing
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