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Even if it sounds pretentious, which it isn't-I've found it artistically challenging to produce a monologue that is filled with laughter and ideas. It's a tough thing to pull off, but satire is better if it has conviction behind it.

The result of the Ray Lewis case is that the only person to leave this courtroom with a conviction is Ray Lewis.

There's really no conviction. The market is churning. That's all it's doing is churning.

There was a conviction that the socialist cause was a just one, and so wherever there were struggles against colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism, the Soviet Union would support those struggles and those causes, in the form of economic and military help. The economic assistance that the Soviet Union gave Nicaragua was invaluable.

There's no real clear conviction in this market. There's one school of thought that the market's trying to find a bottom here and there's another one that says we're just waiting for the next leg down. I personally believe that we're going to trade sideways here for a while. I think there's really no catalyst either way to drive the market much higher in the near term or for that matter on the down side as well,

There's not a lot of conviction out there. It's a strange year-end, you just get a sense that people are content, waiting for the new year.

There's not a lot of conviction and I think there's just some profit-taking going on.

There's no conviction over earnings. You're going to get this vacillation back and forth as we're in this bottoming process and it's going to take some time.

There's no conviction over earnings, ... You're going to get this vacillation back and forth as we're in this bottoming process and it's going to take some time.

There's no conviction out there, ... There's a lot of concern that the pace of the economic growth is slowing, and summer is just a seasonal tough time.

There's no conviction for a sustained move but there's just an ongoing rotation, ... Everyone knows now that (interest) rates aren't going to go up for awhile so it's just a recycling of the same money.

There's just no conviction to get back in, ... Right now we're in all-bad-news-all-the-time mode.

There's nothing for investors to latch on to with conviction. We're being tested on both sides. With no clear-cut view that things are getting better, the (economic) recovery keeps getting pushed out.

The traveler to the United States will do well to prepare himself for the class-consciousness of the natives. This differs from the already familiar English version in being more extreme and based more firmly on the conviction that the class to which the speaker belongs is inherently superior to all others.

Things were in God's plan which I had not planned at all. I am coming to the living faith and conviction that - from God's point of view - there is no chance and that the whole of my life, down to every detail, has been mapped out in God's divine providence and makes complete and perfect sense in God's all-seeing eyes.

the worst are full of passionate intensity while the best lack all conviction.

The secretary emphasized our conviction that the people of Hong Kong should determine the pace and scope of political reform in accordance with the Basic Law." ()

The strength only came later. That was the conviction of a filmmaker. The strength came from my belief in the script.

Right now, this is unsettling noise that in the short run is not going to be favorably received but in the long run is neutral until either a conviction or acquittal occurs,

President Thabo Mbeki will meet with the UN secretary-general within the context of South Africa's conviction that the multilateral system of global governance remains our only hope in resolving current challenges facing the international community.

Say it to God and tell him what you intend to accomplish, say it with conviction and passion.

Really, I expect the light volume to probably last until the Fed stops raising interest rates, and that will kind of depend on the economic outlook that we see, in terms of how much growth we have at the end of this interest-rate cycle. It really tells me that there is a lack of conviction from the buyers and a lack of conviction from the sellers, ... And it's somewhat psychological because people have their stocks, they're down, they don't want to sell them. And that's only been going on for, what, two or three months now? The real question is, after six or seven or eight months and stocks are still down -- will people start selling at that point? And maybe the volume picks up at that point.

So then it's a matter of, do you want to make movies? Yeah. Then you're going to make scary movies. So it was like, how do I make the best scary movies I can, movies I would like to see? I never went out of my way to make a single one. I don't particularly like them. My conviction is that I can do any kind of film.

Now anyone who wants to know what trial court judges in New York state are doing when confronted with conviction in a high-profile corporate fraud case, the answer is imposing a significant sentence.

Deterrents aren't sufficiently strong because to many white collar crimes seldom result in conviction.

Your job as a prosecutor is to get a conviction, just as your job as a defense attorney is to get an acquittal,

This is going to be a time that tests people's conviction, and people have thought often of how much money they can make and not enough about the question: How much can you lose? I'm reminded of a great quote by Warren Buffett when he said: 'It's only when the tide goes out that you see who is swimming without a bathing suit,'

This is not about ritual, it about a deep conviction that a strong relationship between Germany and France is both necessary and beneficial to Europe,

The United States will ensure that responses to this reward notice will be kept in strict confidence, ... Individuals providing information leading to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for the attack on the USS Cole may be eligible for protection of their identities and relocation with their families to the United States.

This conviction is the result of extraordinary law enforcement work and international cooperation. It serves as a clear warning to all that terrorists can and will be brought to the bar of justice.

This conviction demonstrates that traitors can and will be held accountable,

This early progress in profitability is the result of a year-long effort and a validation of Intel's conviction that profits, not revenue, finance growth, ... Our financial strategy over the last year has been to preserve profits and protect financial health while proceeding with investments that make Intel more competitive.

They set the stage for everything. Nobody showed the kind of conviction these men did.

a man of courage and conviction who has incarnated, for 40 years, the fight of Palestinians for the recognition of their national rights.

a man of character, conviction and kindness ... was a classic American intellectual -- a man with a brilliant and probing mind, yet entirely approachable and pragmatic.

This meeting greatly strengthened my conviction that cooperation between both countries may have another strong boost. We identified a desire for cooperation in all levels of government, not only of the Executive, but also of the Legislative.

There isn't too much conviction in the market today to trade the dollar in an aggressive fashion.

There's a huge conviction in the Wall Street community that this will be a successful, surgical, short-lived military incursion. That it will not cause any collateral damage to oil fields, that it will not destabilize Middle Eastern governments and that it will not lead to acts of terrorism in the United States.

They're playing really well. Air Force is a unique team to prepare for. They do a lot of things different and they do them well. They all shoot the 3 well. They drive it well. They back-cut. And they do it all with great conviction and great intensity.

There's a total lack of conviction. There's no news coming out, earnings are done and most of the players are in a wait-and-see mode.

There is tremendous conviction here that people will not let it happen. Democracy is not working here, it's the only route we've got.

a campaign based on the conviction that the best decision-making is neighborhood decision-making in which people have a real say in the policies that affect their communities and their lives.

It's a testament to why he's been here 11 years. I think this one was a little more intense. I just felt the conviction behind it. . . . When he says it a certain way, it has some meaning behind it and today it felt different.

It was strong enough to say with conviction that we're not going to come to grinding halt, but weak enough that the Fed can stay on hold, ... It's Goldilocks again.

It will have some positive effect, but I don't think there's a strong conviction the stock market rally is going to be sustained. No one is really cashing it in and beginning to spend more money.

It's a very tentative-type market where people are going to opt for safety and wait it out. I think there's just a lack of conviction here.

It's a conviction on the part of some that a lot of the stocks have reached such a downside level that they are discounting the worst of all scenarios. The enthusiasm is clearly restrained because the selling and anxiety continues so we've got a little short covering and selective buying.

It's a bit of a disappointment how we're trading today. It suggests to me that the market needs to do more backing and filling. We're not getting that type of follow-through you like to see. There just doesn't seem to be much conviction right now.

It really requires ice in your veins and good conviction.

It's a lack of conviction to step back in. Everybody was hoping someone would come in on the buy side and find a new short-term bottom but I think we're setting ourselves up for a tough summer.

It looks like the market doesn't have a strong conviction about the dollar for the moment.

It's highly, highly critical of his reliability. They should have the truth before them, his prior conviction for dishonesty. There is no crime that's more probative than lying to a jury.

Dana's courage and conviction leave us all with an abiding faith in every person's ability to make an important difference. We go forward because it is the responsibility of everyone touched by this remarkable woman to carry on the work of the Foundation.

It's murder. And a murder conviction shows that transgender lives are valuable.

Everyone connected with 'Conviction' is excited about being part of the breaking wave of a brand new technology.

Everybody liked John, but everyone said he was too slow. But when Tim had a conviction on a player, you knew it, and you bought into it.

It's definitely something you have to believe in. People can say that you have great stuff, but if you don't believe it, you're not going to pitch with conviction like you have good stuff.

I've had problems all my life, big problems. God's been on my shoulder all of my life and I have no real conviction for why some people have trouble on one shoulder and God on the other and why some people don't, but I'm just one of those people, ... The boss has always been there and if I keep rowing, I come out on the other end.

I want to make clear that the chief and I share the strong conviction that our police officers must set an example for the entire community, ... The hypocrisy of ?Do as I say, not as I do' is not acceptable.

The U.S. manufacturing ISM index should show a decent gain today, reinforcing the market's conviction that the U.S. recovery is for real.

The vanity of the world, and its insufficiency to satisfy the soul of man, has been long a settled conviction of my mind. Man's inability to secure by his own merits the approbation of God, I feel to be true. I trust in the atonement of the Savior of mercy, as the ground of my acceptance and of my hope of salvation.

They are moving to a speedy conviction ... they have already passed a sentence even before the trial has ended.

The review and reform of the Data Practices Act will be undertaken with the goal of protecting personally identifiable information about citizens. It will not change the access that journalists have to government records, such as information about public employees, arrest and conviction data, campaign contributions, professional board findings, etc." ()

The message this conviction sends to the financial community is clear: Those who adopt a 'don't ask-don't tell' approach toward the money they manage do so at their own peril.

The Cosby family is satisfied with the judicial process that has led to this conviction. They have no comment on the sentencing.

If Judge Starr's object of this whole investigation is to net Monica Lewinsky in a conviction and jail time, then we have to look at how our tax dollars are being spent.

In 1995, our police officers were able to arrest some people who were linked to both and uncovered documentary evidence that led to the conviction of the first bombers of the World Trade Center

In a terrible ironic twist, Bruce's immigration hearing, which was the hearing to determine whether in fact he should be deported based on the drug dealing conviction which Rowley had vacated, that hearing was scheduled two weeks before the trial.

If you agree that perjury and obstruction of justice have been committed and yet you vote down the conviction ... you raise the most serious questions of whether the president is, in fact, subject to the law or whether we are beginning a restoration of the divine right of kings,

In the first couple of years when you're transitioning you don't really fit into any gender, because you're changing over. You have to start getting electrolysis before you even start your therapy. But I think all the weird looks help to give you conviction in who you really are.

Instead of unlimited lawsuits, the courts now will be looking at whether you're properly determined to be an enemy combatant and, if you're tried, whether or not your conviction followed the military commission procedures in place.

Insurance: An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table.

In our judgment, had the jury heard the fresh evidence they would have inevitably reached the same conclusion. The conviction is safe and the appeal must be dismissed.

I just see a lot of listless trading into the end of the summer -- there isn't much conviction,

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more --the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort --to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold, grows small, and expires --and expires, too soon, too soon --before life itself.

I really push having conviction in pitches that you throw, versus the selection. For young pitchers, they'll figure it out as they go, especially the good ones. Over years of learning, I can't keep giving them information. They have to learn to process it themselves. Some guys learn faster than others, and some guys don't learn at all. Things can get confused if I try to do too much.

I pored over art books and absorbed the placidness of Monet's garden, the sparkling color of the Impressionists, the strength and solidity of Michelangelo's figures showing the titanic power of humans at one with God, Jan Vermeer's serene Dutch women bathed in gorgeous honey-colored light... My conviction grew that art was stronger than death.

I pray that as America reflects on the passing of my dad, they will remember a man of integrity, conviction and good humor that changed America and the world for the better. He would modestly say the credit goes to others, but I believe the credit is his.

Investors are becoming extremely prejudiced about fundamentals. There's no conviction and volume is really light.

In view of the biased policies adopted by the court's chief judge to push for a quick conviction, we are demanding that the trial be moved outside Iraq to put an end to this farce.

If you say that you never lie in life, you honestly insult my intelligence.

I just know that wherever he is, he knows she's doing well and knows what a powerful impact he had on her ? and he's proud of her. She feels a strong conviction to carry on, stay sober and work hard in his memory.

I just felt that justice would better be served by letting him plead to petit larceny and not putting a felony conviction on a young college student's record for the rest of his life.

His actions by going out to the CIA, attempting to pressure analysts on the subject of weapons of mass destruction, all fall from his conviction that Saddam was an evil person who needed to be replaced by the US.

Before this law was passed, a tribal conviction was kind of nowhere.

(Hilton) was instrumental in the capture and ultimately the conviction. I'm really happy to put this thing behind me, and that this guy will be in jail for 11 years.

How can we ignore two of our most courageous runners who continued on with conviction and grace in spite of the most dreadful disease ever known: cancer. Sean Delaney and Steve Hancock must always be mentioned in the same breath as all the greats. Sean finished with honor and Steve continues his run. Both remind us that simply being able to run is what this is all about.

He spoke eloquently and with personal conviction about the importance of ensuring access and opportunity for success to people from diverse cultures and backgrounds, especially given America's rapidly changing demographics.

He's playing with more conviction, and he's making the easier play. He's not trying to make something out of nothing.

He's appealed his case to the Supreme Court and they affirmed his conviction. He applied to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, but they refused to hear it.

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

In the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold.

Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don't have conviction.

Youth can only assert itself through the conviction that its ventures surpass all others and resemble nothing.

She must find a boat and sail in it. No guarantee of shore. Only a conviction that what she wanted could exist, if she dared to find it.

Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction.

The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.

I can live with failure if it is born of conviction.

If I had a conviction strong enough to make a promise to my constituents, I believe I'd stick to it,

I am willing to travel the road wherever it leads, whether it's to the conviction or the acquittal of the president. But in order to do that, I need more evidence, ... I need witnesses and further evidence to guide me to the right destination: to get to the truth.