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I can sell anything. I'm very convincing.

~Biz Markie

Topics: Anything Convincing Sell Very I Can

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I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that I don't think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.

~Bobby Womack

Topics: About Anymore Artist Convincing Cooke Day Down Goes Here His Know Lot Me Never People Presence Sam Sam Cooke Still Strong Talent Talked Think True True Artist Who Why Wonder I Wonder

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I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Am Anything Convincing Definite Form Good New People Salesman Sell Something Something New Talent Try I Am I Can

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In democracy - and the good thing about democracy, big change does not happen quickly, and you need a buy-in and a convincing, a selling, an arm-twisting to get big change. And that takes time.

~Bruce Rauner

Topics: About Big Change Convincing Democracy Does Get Good Good Thing Happen Need Quickly Selling Takes Thing Time You

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As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.

~Chang-Rae Lee

Topics: Aspect Challenging Convincing Importance Most Passionately Reading Teaching Widely Writers Younger

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Our efforts must be bent in the direction of convincing the great mass of working people of this country of the necessity of our winning and retaining our place in business and commerce. That place can be won only through the workers' own efforts and through their own efficiency.

~Charles M. Schwab

Topics: Bent Business Commerce Convincing Country Direction Efficiency Efforts Great Mass Must Necessity Only Our Own People Place Retaining Through Winning Won Workers Working Working People

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I have to have a little bit of time to myself right before whatever it is that I have to do because most of the time I'm sitting in my head convincing myself to calm down, all right, show down.

~Christina Milian

Topics: Because Before Bit Calm Calm Down Convincing Down Head Little Little Bit Most Myself Right Show Sitting Time Whatever

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I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I think, at this point, people read into my work out of habit. Or I'm just very, very smart.

~Cindy Sherman

Topics: Analyze Aware Convincing Doing Habit Interpretations Just Noticed Out People Point Read Smart Something Sometimes Think Very Work Work Out I Think

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Big successful corporations have established their own culture by the time you come along, so you have as high of a chance of changing their overall culture as you have of convincing the U.S. Marines to adopt the 'long-haired look' as their standard military haircut.

~Clay Clark

Topics: Adopt Along Big By The Time Chance Changing Come Convincing Corporations Culture Established Haircut High Look Marines Military Overall Own Standard Successful Time You

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I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Africa African Convincing Going Had Hard Hard Time North Students Themselves Time Understand Were

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