Samaria Rice's desires were more succinct: "I'm actually looking for a conviction".
— Herman Cain, the former C.E.O. of Godfather Pizza "I talk the talk and I walk the walk, and I think that's what people are looking for, an authentic conviction conservative".
This is not the primary assessment that VCs are making when looking for energy and conviction from the entrepreneur.
But for that reason I suspect it was also the wrong speech for Obama (whose challenge is to change the status quo, not channel it) and, more important, for the American people (who, despite the mixed messages they may send, are looking for consistency and conviction from their president).
In the late 1980s, he began to request books from the law library, looking for a way to overturn the conviction.
What then does integrity, that quality of unimpeachable conviction we insist we are looking for in those who represent the common interest, look like?
"I've been looking for the perfect set up, and I have conviction about what we're doing," he says.
But, while adhering to his convictions, with which one could agree or disagree, he was not dogmatic; he was looking for cooperation.
But, while adhering to his convictions, with which one could agree or disagree, he was not dogmatic; he was looking for negotiations and cooperation.
Those who wanted a conviction of the four police officers in the Amadou Diallo case are now looking for someone to blame for the acquittals.
