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I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear weapon, is very real and that we have to use extraordinary measures to deal with it.

~Dick Cheney

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I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials.

~Dick Murphy

Topics: Convinced Elected Elected Officials Elections Financing Going Interests Never Officials Over Power Public Remove Some Unless Wealthy You

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I was known for being quite... ruthless at ABB. I drove hard targets, pushed my people. But I was always fair. Once I was convinced of someone, I let them handle things themselves. But if you kept doing badly, there was no place for you.

~Dinesh Paliwal

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Everybody around me had a Snapchat, and I said I would never get on it. I'm still on Instagram, you know? They convinced me to get Snapchat.

~Dj Khaled

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I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.

~Don Cornelius

Topics: Am Convinced Just Like More People See Themselves Tv Want Who I Am

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I like to stay within the context of the character's background. If he's a cop, I have to make sure the audience is convinced that this person, a cop, can do only so much without a gun.

~Donnie Yen

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After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.

~Dorothy Dunnett

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There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

~Doug Harvey

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The part of the game that fans will soon miss: the argument between manager and umpire! There was something special about watching a manger and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

~Doug Harvey

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What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading, and it was in the course of reading that I became convinced that I should become an economist.

~Douglass North

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