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The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

~Benjamin Disraeli

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For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.

~Benjamin E. Mays

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When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

~Benjamin Franklin

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Can you say that in 20 years people would still use the iPhone? Maybe not. Maybe we'd have a new product or something more innovative. What I can say today is that, in 20 years, I'm quite convinced that people will still drink Dom Perignon.

~Bernard Arnault

Topics: Convinced Drink Innovative Iphone Maybe More New People Product Quite Say Something Still Today Use Will Would Years You I Can

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I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.

~Bertrand Russell

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I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

~Bertrand Russell

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I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity.

~Beth Moore

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My reputation was built on hostility. I had no friends and some very virulent enemies in the old-guard art scene when I began. They threw their heavy artillery against me. They were convinced I was perverting the public taste.

~Betty Parsons

Topics: Against Art Artillery Began Built Convinced Enemies Friends Had Heavy Hostility Me No Friends Public Reputation Scene Some Taste Threw Very Were

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Let me announce, with all the strength at my command, that I am not a terrorist and I never was, expect perhaps in the beginning of my revolutionary career. And I am convinced that we cannot gain anything through those methods.

~Bhagat Singh

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Lepers were a common sight all over India and in every part of Calcutta, but extending help beyond dropping a coin or two into their rag-wrapped stumps was not. As a child I was convinced even touching a spot a leper had rubbed against would lead to infection.

~Bharati Mukherjee

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