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At the age of 6, a teacher full of ambitions, who taught in the small public school of Biran, convinced my family that I should travel to Santiago de Cuba to accompany my older sister who would enter a highly prestigious convent school. Including me was a skill of that very teacher from the little school in Biran.

~Fidel Castro

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Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged.

~Frances O'Grady

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'One Hundred Years of Solitude' convinced me to drop out of Harvard graduate school. The novel reminded me of everything my Ph.D. program was trying to make me forget. Thank you, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

~Francine Prose

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Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.

~Francoise Sagan

Topics: About Arc Away Convinced Every Every Time Film Get Joan Life Only See She Through Time Way I See

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I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It's hard to say whether or not you're a believer. I've been interested in that subject matter, like lots of people. Perhaps foolishly, I've allowed some of that stuff to creep into my music.

~Frank Black

Topics: Allowed Been Believer Convinced Creep Easily Experiences Foolishly Had Hard Interested Like Lots Matter Music None People Perhaps Same Same Time Say Some Stuff Subject Subject Matter Time True Whether You I Can Ufo

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I remain convinced of the compelling case for connected care.

~Frans Van Houten

Topics: Care Case Compelling Connected Convinced Remain

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Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.

~Franz Grillparzer

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It's rare to find a corporate partner who encourages true creativity, but our meetings with Lionsgate's creative team convinced us that this is the right move for RocketJump and our millions of fans.

~Freddie Wong

Topics: Convinced Corporate Creative Creativity Encourages Fans Find Meetings Millions Move Our Partner Rare Right Team True Us Who

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But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister of peace in the cabinet, seated beside the ministers of war.

~Fredrik Bajer

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If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this.

~Friedrich August Von Hayek

Topics: Assume Because Capacity Convinced Difficulty Mainly Most Others Own People Questions See Settle Who Will Willing

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