Sentences with phrase «people become convinced»

Vulnerable young people become convinced that anyone can succeed as a lawyer.

Eventually, people became convinced that the U.S. was serious about inflation.

People became convinced Amazon was building a tablet after the company launched its Android Appstore in March.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — About four years ago, the Google team trying to develop cars driven by computers — not people — became convinced that sooner than later, the technology would be ready for the masses.

If you're not sure what the person on the other side of the table really needs, it becomes an uphill battle to find the opening that will convince them to bankroll your project.

When people speak to you a certain way, you can become convinced you sparked that behavior.

But America has become resistant to doing anything about this issue, in large part due to a decades - long public campaign by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms and that more guns will actually make people safer, contrary to what the research says.

Patrick Doyle told CNBC on Thursday he's convinced it is going to become a bigger part of how people interact with technology.

Where as my time in the startup community taught me to find my niche, find the people who suffer from that pain, listen to what potential customers are saying rather then convince the customer my way is right, find the people who want to join my cause, «volunteer management», how to deal with failure both emotional and rationally how to listen to «advice» and seperate the wheat from the chaff quicker (e.g. become more coachable) and be more willing to re-invent the plan.

Lenders can become convinced that the applicant is a real person with no credit history.

In a bid to convince consumers businesses are having to become more like people, and genuinely charitable souls work hard for their causes and gain a lot of respect as a result.

All the controversy that lead to this belief is convincing people to believe otherwise, but the French election result did not lead to the Euro becoming weaker.

What would you do if the church members became convinced that to do a better job at reaching people in the community, they needed to sell the church building?

In the first place it is no longer necessary to teach other people the faith, to explain it to them and convince them; it becomes acceptable to make people believe with the sword.

actually not true, try to become a jew, you will be pushed away rather quickly, you have to bust your rump to convince yourself into the Judaic temple... jews just want to be left to their own, and like other religeons they expect us to give them certain liberties but you will never see jews trying to convert people, they don't care or want non jews

People must become convinced in their minds what to believe, and then do it.

If you want to convince people of the truth of Christianity, the best way to «argue» it today is not through reason and and rational propositions, but by becoming more and more like Jesus in everything we do.

«And so Mormons are out there going door - to - door trying to convince folks to become Mormons, and evangelicals are out there going door - to - door trying to convince people to become evangelicals.»

For in case at a given moment a physician is convinced that this or that person is in good health and at a later moment becomes sick — the physician may be right in affirming that the person was well then, and at a later moment became sick.

Likewise, the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s changes to its policy took place over a much longer time than Azumah names, involved persons holding many positions left undescribed, and came about not because the denomination chose to ignore the Scriptures but because over time, many of us became convinced that there are theologically and historically faithful ways of reading the Scriptures that find space for contemporary understandings of homosexuality.

Anyway, despite all the confusion about pre-millenialism, a-millenialism, post-millenialism, the recent invention of the rapture, Paul's confusing statement about «we who remain», the entire book of Revelation not appearing to be written by John because of the Greek used, and the odd way in which eschatological views seem to change in the New Testament Pauline letters, and the bizarrely easy way people like Thessalonians became convinced Christ had already returned in their time, and all the other confusing things about New Testament prophecy — the truth is that it is all trustworthy and you should not question this.

The first is the realization that at the very moment in which the technical means of developing world community are available and at the very moment when more people than ever are convinced that world community is essential if civilized life is to continue in the world, the division between two parts of the world has become so deep that we can not now see any way in which it can be overcome.

I am not even convinced that people have become more aware of the humanity of the unborn child with the advent of technologies such as ultrasound though these windows into the womb have perhaps made it harder to deny.

If you believe that people will very soon die horribly unless they take action to become saved, and go out to tell everyone about it, you are obviously convinced that it's very very useful.

This of course can not be the case so typically, especially among blind faith believers, people will align themselves with one or the other and argue passionately for the view they have become convinced (or want) to be true whilst more objective believers such as AW Tozer and CS Lewis recognize the dilemma.

My question of the week: How am I going to respond when people ask me if I think homosexuality is a sin when I'm becoming more and more convinced that that's the wrong question?

We have become people we did not intend to become, and we are not fully convinced that this is who we want to be.

These people had become convinced that it was by their own reason and strength, by their own hard work in keeping the law that they were successful and powerful, healthy, wealthy and wise.

Atheists think that stating how much they think something is a fairy - tale will convince people on the internet to become atheists.

In recent years, both through theological - ethical reflection and through personal friendships with some remarkable gay persons, I have become increasingly convinced that the positions of both Barth and Thielicke inadequately express the implications of the gospel on this issue.

But on the other hand, these things are just one part of what has become an all - encompassing world view that is well - integrated, consistent, deliberate, and influential, and it is steadily convincing millions of people to look at life in the same way.

Through 30 years of teaching in seminaries I have become convinced that the church has largely failed in its mission of educating its people in the apostolic, biblical faith.

People are not convinced that he is a great finisher, but these kinds of goals will help him become more relaxed in front of goal.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

People will say it is easy to say now, but I was convinced at the time that he would become the Liverpool captain.

Thanks to another well - meaning, but not appropriately nuanced, public health campaign about safe sleeping conditions for babies, many people have become convinced that parents sleeping with their babies and young children is mortally dangerous to them.

And voices that were once fringe can become mainstream fast, if they can convince enough people of the virtue of their cause.

In his words: «It didn't surprise me as it had become increasingly clear to me that only a few years of police experience would be enough to convince most people of the stark inequalities of life in Britain at the time.»

Whereas once the halfwit who believed in «The End Times» would merely holler about it in Trafalgar Square, they now have a broadband connection and become part of wider networks of people who convince each other their opinions are valid and rational.

The pamphlet argued that the Conservative Party needed to convince the British people that it would not only advance the material interests of its core voters but that it must also become a party that cared for society's most vulnerable people and for quality of life issues like the environment.

«The offer was made to acting Commissioner Brann because as we evaluated her work, and talked through with her her vision, I became convinced she was the right person for the job,» Mr. de Blasio said.

During her freshman year at Vanderbilt University, she began to wonder if showers were really necessary; and by her first year in graduate school, she was hospitalized after she became convinced that she was on the verge of killing hundreds of thousands of people with her thoughts.

I would have guessed that during a pain attack from kidney stone was the right time to convince a person to become vegan — because that really hurts!

Jenna could finally be the one who convinces us to become hat people.

Therefore take it slow until you have finally become convinced that the person can make s good lifetime partner or if otherwise, you should look else.

Instead of trying to convince people in my life to become celibate, I have decided to look for people t...

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We come away with a pretty fair view of these salt - of - the - earth people, some convinced that they will become millionaires from what is right under the land that they own while others are not at all convinced.

Offering further evidence to support this claim, Woody has become convinced he's won $ 1 million in a Publisher's Clearing House - like sweepstakes — a prize he insists on collecting in person at the company's HQ in Lincoln, Neb..

As the eight (plus the stagecoach driver O.B., played by James Parks, and a few other surprises I'd hate to spoil) settle in, their pasts and secrets come to light — and John Ruth becomes convinced that among the men is at least one person seeking to interfere with his delivery of Daisy to the law.