{"quotes":[{"text":"I lie more convincingly than I tell the truth.","author":"Simona Panova","tags":["convincing","gothic","lie","lying","nightmare","nightmarish","pretend","pretending","romance","sacrifice","tell","truth","young-adult"],"id":12882,"author_id":"Simona+Panova"},{"text":"If you can't be yours while being mine, maybe you aren't as yours as you'd like to convince yourself that you are.","author":"Aleksandra Ninkovic","tags":["convincing","humor","mine","relationships","smart","witty","yours"],"id":53555,"author_id":"Aleksandra+Ninkovic"},{"text":"Miss Benson had the power; which some people have, of carrying her wishes through to fulfillment; her will was strong, her sense was excellent, and people yielded to her – they did not know why.","author":"Elizabeth Gaskell","tags":["attitude","confidence","convincing","discretion","personality","sensible","strength"],"id":79545,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Gaskell"},{"text":"People enjoy convincing others, if others are wrong they convince them towards right, if others are already right they still want to convince them towards wrong.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","convince","convincing","force","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","motivation","motivational","motivational","philosophy","pursue","pursuing","pursuit","right","talk","wisdom","wisdom","wrong"],"id":79897,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"The creature who lives inside my brain suggested I do it,” I offered tentatively. “It was very convincing.","author":"Joss Sheldon","tags":["convincing","creature","imaginary-friends","imaginary-voices","mental-disorder","mental-illness","psychology","psychology-of-self","suggested"],"id":94466,"author_id":"Joss+Sheldon"},{"text":"...Nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.","author":"Patrick Rothfuss","tags":["convincing","truth"],"id":142256,"author_id":"Patrick+Rothfuss"},{"text":"Although I regularly convince myself otherwise, because I aim at something doesn’t necessarily mean I have a target.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["aim","aiming","aspirations","bulls-eye","calling","convince","convincing","goals","mission","objectives","target","targeting"],"id":231357,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"What's the difference between hot and cold cereal? Why can't all cereals get along?","author":"Ean Rodriguez","tags":["convincing","inspirational","love","questions"],"id":234568,"author_id":"Ean+Rodriguez"},{"text":"Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["agnosticism","atheism","believable","convincing","doubt","faith","honesty","inspiration","life","memorable","questioning","questions","realism","realistic","storytelling","theism","writing"],"id":272506,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"I ended my statement to the colored soldiers by saying: 'Now, I shall be very sorry to hurt you, and you don't know whether or not I will keep my word, but my men can tell you that I always do;' whereupon my cow-punchers, hunters, and miners solemnly nodded their heads and commented in chorus, exactly as if in a comic opera, 'He always does; he always does!","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["affirmation","always","convincing","keeping-your-word","opera","soldiers","speech"],"id":278674,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}