Contrary To Popular Belief Quotes

• Contrary to popular belief, Americans don't hate advertising.

  Roy H. Williams

  Hate, Believe, Belief

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• Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.

  Hermione Gingold

  Women, Tweed, Belief

  "The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations" by Ned Sherrin, 1995.

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• Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow — which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Sex, Doe, Belief

  "Johansson: 'I'm Not Promiscuous'" by wenn.com, October 11, 2006.

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• To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Life, Self Esteem, Opposites

  Nathaniel Branden (2001). “The Psychology of Self-Esteem: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Understanding that Launched a New Era in Modern Psychology”, Jossey-Bass

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• I'm not particularly fond of kissing strange men-contrary to popular belief.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Kissing, Men, Strange Man

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• Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.

  Rick Warren

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "EXCLUSIVE Rick Warren: 'Flat Out Wrong' That Muslims, Christians View God the Same". Interview with Brandon A. Cox and The Christian Post, www.christianpost.com. March 2, 2012.

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• Everyone says love hurts, but that is not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing in this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt.

  Mesa Selimovic

  Love, Hurt, Pain

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• The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.

  Ashly Lorenzana

  Inspirational, Freedom, Differences

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• The trouble is you think you have time.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Time

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• I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably
  become as ordinary as they expect you to be.

  Kelly Cutrone

  Motivational, Success, Dream

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• Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Drinking, Ignorance, Stupid People

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer”, p.110, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Contrary to what they tell you... You are not a limited material being.

  Amit Goswami

  Spiritual, Materialism, Quantum Physics

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• Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy.

  Allan Savory

  Food, Army, Agriculture

  "Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making". Book by Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield, 1999.

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  It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.

  Rose Kennedy

  Time, Pain, Get Well

  Stanley Weintraub, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, John McDonald Burke, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward (1974). “Whistler”

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  Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 12, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• Anyone can achieve something important. Contrary to popular belief, the key is not hard work, but finding the right thing to achieve.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Inspirational, Hard Work, Keys

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• You have a soft spot. Contrary to popular belief, it is not where you are weak, it is the gateway to indestructible power.

  Susan Piver

  Belief, Weak, Gateways

  "The Importance of Sadness" by Susan Piver, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 17, 2011.

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  There is more to sex appeal than just measurements

  Audrey Hepburn

  Sex, Measurement, Appeals

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• It has come to be a dreadfully common belief in the Christian Church that the only man who has a “call” is the man who devotes all his time to what is called “the ministry,” whereas all Christian service is ministry, and every Christian has a call to some kind of ministry or another.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Men, Church

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of Charles Spurgeon, Volume 55: Sermons 3125-3177”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Contrary to the general belief about photography, you don't need bright sunlight: the best moodiest pictures are taken in the dim light of almost dusk, or of rainy days.

  Jack Kerouac

  Photography, Taken, Rainy Day

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• I don't think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there's some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything.

  Emma Thompson

  Lying, Mean, Thinking

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• Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.

  Peter Berg

  Stupid, Intelligent, People

  "Director Peter Berg on Aliens, Rihanna & the Marketing Of ‘Battleship’". Interview with Roth Cornet, screenrant.com. March 22, 2012.

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• Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment would constrain or even undermine economic growth. In fact, the opposite is true: unless we protect resources and the earth's natural capital, we shall not be able to sustain economic growth.

  Kofi Annan

  Opposites, Choices, Growth

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• Newton's theory is not 'not right', it just does not cover all distances. Contrary to popular belief, theories in science are not proven wrong, they are just replaced by more complete and convenient theories. To sound provocative, even the geocentric theory was never "proven" wrong, it is just not as convenient as the heliocentric theory, since it requires endless epicycles.

  Nathan Seiberg

  Distance, Science, Sound

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• Contrary to popular belief, I don't go out very much. When I do go out, a lot of times it'll be to something like a heavyweight fight, and I'll be photographed, so that people have this conception that I go out a lot.

  Rob Lowe

  Fighting, People, Heavyweights

  "New Again: Rob Lowe". Interview with Mike Sager, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 7, 2016.

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