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“I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look for anything in particular. I come from a philosophy that believes you shouldn't have preconceived notions - that you don't need a gimmick. That you should just photograph what you react to - what you see.”

Thinking Needs Should Mind Believe Looks Philosophy Walks Streets Particular Photography Notion Photographer Photograph Gimmicks Preconceived Notions

Author:Elliott Erwitt

“I just think that people take me a little more seriously as a brunette. I don't know if that's just because of a societal preconceived notion that all blondes are stupid, but it's a different kind of attitude.”

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Author:Kate Bosworth

“For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.”

Who You Are Notion Preconceived Notions

Author:Ricki Lake

“I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.”

People Hard Hard Work Meetings Notion Preconceived Notions

Author:Lauren Conrad

“Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.”

Motivational Science Motivation Skepticism Abyss Open Minded Open Mindedness Preconceptions Scientific Truth Preconceived Notions Questioning Beliefs

Book:The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley

Source: The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley

“One of the things I benefited from when I started this business was that I didn't know anything. I was just instinct with no preconceived notions. This enabled me to learn and change quickly without having to worry about maintaining any kind of status quo, like some of my bigger competitors.”

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Author:Michael Dell

“That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas.”

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Author:Azar Nafisi

“One of the qualities essential to being good at reading poetry is also one of the qualities essential to being good at life: a capacity for surprise. It’s easy to become so mired in our likes or dislikes that we can no longer recall that person who once responded to poems—and to people—without any preconceived notions of what we wanted them to be.”

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Author:Christian Wiman

“We have no right to judge where we should be put, or to have preconceived notions as to what God is fitting us for. God engineers everything; wherever He puts us, our one great aim is to pour out a whole-hearted devotion to Him in that particular work. 'Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.'”

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Book:The Quotable Oswald Chambers

Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers

“How do we allow God into our minds, bodies, relationships, and life? We stop squeezing the divine out through our preconceived notions of what is sacred and what is profane. When we assume the mind-set that everything is ultimately divine, though sometimes more disguised than others, then we can see that all of our thoughts, impulses, and desires arise from and can bring us back to awareness of the sacred.”

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Author:David Simon

“It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.”

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Author:Rose McGowan

“In the eighties, I was fortunate to be one of the young art directors that Jerry Roach, creative director at JWT New York, took under his wing. He taught me how to use typography more visually, to push against design norms and not to rely on preconceived notions of what something should look like. I learned that nuance is everything and to agonize over the details. I have Jerry to thank for driving plenty of people crazy over the years!”

“A new education from birth onwards must be built up. Education must be reconstructed and based on the law of nature and not on the preconceived notions and prejudices of adult society.”

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Author:Maria Montessori

“I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other than - I'm just going to let this music come out of me and not have any sort of preconceived notion of what I should do. I'm just going to do it.”

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Author:Brian McKnight

“I'm not really sure what people's preconceived notions are. I don't look at the gossip websites - it's unhealthy and I think it's a large part of what drives people in L.A. crazy.”

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Author:Mischa Barton

“It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means.”

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Author:Daniel Clowes