Quotes About Compelling

Vocation at its deepest level is, 'This is something I can't not do, for reasons I'm unable to explain to anyone else and don't fully understand myself but that are nonetheless compelling.

Playing Dead is a compelling book—a true page-turner. Smart, strong, and protective of her children, Monique was barraged with snide comments and criticism, yet had no idea that this was verbal abuse and never suspected its extreme escalation. Every chapter compels the reader forward to what's next."—Patricia Evans, author of The Verbally Abusive Relationship, Controlling People, and more.

People found it haunting, enthralling, enchanting. Perhaps that's why it eventually became known as the

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But you of all people should realize how thin the line between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story." Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. "You know which will win, given time.

Every now and then a book comes along that demands attention - a book you have to stay up all night to finish reading. One which makes you laugh, cry, and takes you on an unforgettable adventure . . .

Dispassionate calm can be a useful frame of mind, but it does not make for a compelling performance.

Certainly. For now. But you of all people should realise how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.' Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. 'You know which will win, given time.

Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odour cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.

The power of the historian's truth often has a difficult time competing with the power of the right story, even though (or perhaps precisely because) the latter has been hopelessly adulterated with myth and legend,

In fact, one of the things that makes a sermon compelling is that the preacher is worshiping his way through his own sermon.

Our goal is to present climate science and solutions in language that is accessible and compelling to the broadest audience, from ninth graders to pipe fitters, from graduate students to farmers.

I found Corso's book both interesting and compelling. A couple of times I asked myself if it could possibly be fiction, as was the case with The Life of Pi,8 the substitute book I had read the summer before. The answer was a firm no. I recognized too many names of military bases and generals to leave me in any doubt as to the book's authenticity.

It wouldn't kill you to get me an iced coffee." "No, but not getting killed doing something is not a very compelling reason to do it.

Tales of perfection fail dramatically because they never ring true. But when a leader uses authentic drama to reveal the hidden truth about a problem his business is facing, he guides the audience to feel as if they are uncovering the truth themselves. Compelling drama convinced listeners that the teller had heart.

Los oyentes raras veces se enganchan a un relato si no detectan al principio un cierto reto atractivo.

In making my work meaningful to others, I had also made it compelling to myself. No longer was I just working on somebody else's problems. I was part of an intellectual enterprise with relatively well-defined goals, which might actually make a difference to humanity.