Basnett had plenty of ideas, but was riddled by lack of self-conviction.
He was heir to Blair in this self-conviction, but lacked any actual vision.
In her ebullient singing and her agile bass playing, Ms. Spalding radiated a cyclone-force charisma, along with the fresh-faced self-conviction that only precocity can bestow.
Powered by a self-conviction that tempers incredulity, Drones is unrepentantly ambitious and laced with emotional intrigue, taken as a subliminal account of singer/guitarist Matt Bellamy's divorce from Kate Hudson.
Narcissistic leaders aggrandize their power with self-conviction, although they may make irresponsible judgements and decisions (Hogan et al. 1990).
Alschuler describes plea bargaining, what this type of negotiation is called, as "the exchange of official concessions for a defendant's act of self-conviction" (Alschuler 1979).
It is much easier to justify stacking on the pounds when those around you look similar and everyone is mired in the self-conviction that "this is just what happens when you get older".
Those who pass information to American diplomats, out of self-interest, conviction or goodwill, will be less open now.
How can you not love people whose presence ratifies this city's self-absorbed conviction that it stands at the epicenter of the known universe?
If Obama is Spock than perhaps Nixon was McCoy: grouchy, prone to sulking and resentment, with a self-righteous conviction that he speaks for all that is ordinary and decent — and he's just a little bit weird.
The ethical/religious connotations of the album are probably best left to another forum; what's germane here is the fact that the Heavens, on record, is a one-man show, a product of shrewd overdubbing and self-sufficient conviction.
