Keep An Open Mind Quotes - Page 2

• Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.

  Malcolm X

  Intelligent, Reality, Men

  Letter written following his Hajj, 1964.

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• Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short.

  Debbie Meyer

  Motivational, Fun, Believe

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• It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don't like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.

  Ashly Lorenzana

  Writing, Mean, Pride

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• There's an importance of keeping an open mind. The brain is programmed to protect us, and that can mean imposing limits on what it thinks we can or should do. Constantly push at those limits, because the brain can be way too cautious.

  Chrissie Wellington

  Motivational, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• Keep an open mind and be ready to change and adapt to the situation. Don't ask reality to conform to your blueprint, but transform your blueprint to adapt to reality.

  Lakhdar Brahimi

  Reality, Mind, Situation

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• In order to keep up with the rapid evolution of the sport, you've got to keep an open mind.

  Forrest Griffin

  Sports, Order, Mma

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• A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against his foes. He will, however, try to understand the viewpoints of his opponents and will always keep an open mind and seek every opportunity of serving his opponents.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Believe, Mean, Opportunity

  Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.209, Penguin Books India

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• Sometimes incompetence is useful. It helps you keep an open mind.

  Roberto Cavalli

  Mind, Helping, Sometimes

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• There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.

  Bill de Blasio

  Strong, People, Listening

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The late Alfred P. Sloan, Ir., long-time executive of General Motors Corporation, had a fivepoint "secret of success." It was: 1. Get the facts. 2. Recognize the equities of all concerned. 3. Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. 4. Keep an open mind. 5. Work hard.

  Alfred P. Sloan

  Jobs, Hard Work, Long

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• In terms of feminism, I would just ask young women to keep an open mind about it and try to learn about it before they write it off or believe the negative stereotypes that surround it. Feminism can help you on a personal level, it can offer you an incredible community of brilliant and impassioned people, and can change the way you see the world if you just open yourself up to it. I think that goes for all causes as well.

  Julie Zeilinger

  Believe, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• My children think I'm the perfect father, but I try to bring them up to know that, 'when you are old enough you will find some faults in me, so keep an open mind.'

  Femi Kuti

  Children, Father, Thinking

  Source: www.premiumtimesng.com

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• Stephen Hawking won [Babson Institute competition ] one year with his black hole stuff. It's keeping an open mind on whether gravity exists or not. I think my father believed this because ... when the wind blew on him, he'd get angry, because it was something he couldn't control.

  Paul Laffoley

  Father, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.paranoiamagazine.com

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• Try to keep an open mind.

  Allen Evangelista

  Mind, Trying, Open Mind

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• Certainly any president - Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative - should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.

  Charles Schumer

  Mind, President, Conservative

  "New Democratic Senate Leader Vows To Hold 'Donald Trump's Feet To The Fire'". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. January 6, 2017.

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• As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it - otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.

  Indira Gandhi

  Father, Ideas, Mind

  Source: sangam.org

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• I try and keep an open mind to peoples paths. The only thing that annoys me is negative poopy people and they come from all kinds of places. But I rarely have to deal with negative reactions.

  Holly Golightly

  People, Mind, Trying

  Source: hoopercomicart.blogspot.com

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• I know friends of mine who have never changed their mind about anything in their lives, despite evidence from all directions. And I think if you can keep an open mind and some understanding, that helps you stay young.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Thinking, Understanding, Mind

  "Dick Van Dyke talks to one of our grandmas about his new book on aging, Keep Moving". Interview with Caitlin PenzeyMoog, www.avclub.com. October 13, 2015.

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• I don't think we're capable of knowledge, but I like to keep an open mind. So if you ask me whether I believe in an afterlife or not, whether I believe in God or not, I can only answer you that all things are possible. And if all things are possible, heaven and hell and the angels are also possible. They're not to be ruled out.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Believe, Angel, Thinking

  Source: www.bu.edu

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• You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt. I am satisfied that a scholar who tries to combine these parts sells his birthright for a mess of pottage; that, when the final count is made, it will be found that the impairment of his powers far outweighs any possible contribution to the causes he has espoused.

  Learned Hand

  Voice, Doubt, Mind

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• Relaxation, acceptance, and keeping open mind are key. First of all, peak performance isn't possible if one is not relaxed, and if one is going to stay relaxed they must simply accept problems when they arise and decide to solve them. If I can't do a move I merely accept that I haven't discovered the right sequence, instead of trying the same sequence over and over or just quitting. I will try to do it 20 or 30 different ways, making subtle changes in body position and fot placement, until I find something that does work. That's what I mean by keeping an open mind.

  Lynn Hill

  Moving, Mean, Acceptance

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• There are still people who essentially live in intellectual silos and either read Mother Jones or watch Fox News, based on their worldview. And they pick information out that reinforces it rather than keeping an open mind.

  Andrew Revkin

  Mother, People, Intellectual

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• If your mind is open to opposing ideas, your intelligence will go up. If your mind is closed to opposing ideas, your ignorance is in control. Intelligence or ignorance? Your ability to keep an open mind and appreciate multiple points of view is conscious choice. And one that can open your world, and shape your childs future.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Ignorance, Ideas, Views

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• In order to keep an open mind, I am trying to avoid learning anything.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Order, Mind, Trying

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• Keep an open mind, but don't let your brain fall out.

  Joan Z. Borysenko

  Fall, Brain, Mind

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