Offenders who commit violence will tell you sincerely they do not agree with family violence.
Jan Ballas, Gross's ambitious deputy, points out to his baffled boss that normal language is fraught with undesirable emotional overtones: "Now, tell me sincerely, has the word 'mutarex' any such overtones for you?
I tell him, sincerely, that I came out to the island specially to meet him as I was interested in his story and wanted to try and add a human element to my understanding of North Korea.
If you're handing out copies of your lyrics for your friends to own, tell them sincerely not to give them away.
If he gets defensive or tries to get into a shouting match, go back to step 3. Tell him sincerely that you're doing this to understand him better.
When I asked the fraternity and sorority leaders to take some kind of action, I was told – nicely and sincerely – by each student "leader" I contacted, "So sorry, there is nothing I can do; I am just one person".
When the recording ended, he remarked slightly sourly: 'I think that's the last time I'm ever going to talk about Citizen Kane.' I told him, quite sincerely, that I'd rather have been talking to him about his own work.
"The Arab leaders have a right to be told frankly and sincerely that the Al Aksa intifada and the barbaric Israeli aggression unleashed to crush it was, and will remain, a turning point," wrote Saleheddin Hafez, managing editor of Al Ahram, a government-controlled newspaper in Egypt.
I sincerely told you about sharing the secret with you, providing that you keep it confidential.
