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Convince Quote by Jon Ronson

“It's a lot harder to convince people you're sane than it is to convince them you're crazy.” quote by Jon Ronson — Download Open image

“It's a lot harder to convince people you're sane than it is to convince them you're crazy.”

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“Sometimes we want something to be true so badly that we convince ourselves that it is true.”

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The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees…

Wilfred Grenfell

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Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he…

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The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just feelings.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Once you convince people that they're victims, you really own them because you've just told them that whatever problems they have in life, it's…

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The people on the QVC shopping channel convince me that life is worth living. They see the good in everything. People who go to…

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“What can I say to convince you the Houses of Parliament dissolve night after night to become the fluid dream of the Thames? I…

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“If you can convince yourself, you can convince the other fellow,”

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Don't lie to yourself about what you can't or can achieve. Convince yourself on a realistic level that you can do it.

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“Don't ever let anyone convince you that your imagination is wrong.”

Giuseppe Bianco

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