Misconception Quotes - Page 10

• The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we're finding fertile material. Whether it's in a phrase like "going over like a lead balloon" or "a needle in a haystack," or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond, we're finding that all these things can lead to people believing the world works in a certain way. It might not be correct, but we can test out if it's true.

  Adam Savage

  Believe, People, Phrases

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• A lot of people have misconceptions about what the surgeon general does.

  Vivek Murthy

  People, Doe, Surgeons

  "Not My Job: Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Gets Quizzed On 'General Hospital'". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. July 25, 2015.

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• Great actors who I want to work with-have such a misconception of who I am because of all the things that get said about me.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Who I Am, Actors, Want

  Interview with Lauren Hutton, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 7, 2009.

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• I think the biggest misconception about me probably is ... I don't prey on the weak. I ain't a bully, but I ain't no saint, either.

  Suge Knight

  Thinking, Bully, Saint

  "Suge Knight Talks About Freedom, Tha Row And Who Killed Tupac". Interview with Chris Connelly, www.mtv.com. August 9, 2001.

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• The biggest misconception that people have about the literary life is the romance of it. That a writer has this large world available to him or her of people, of ideas, of experiences, of interchange of ideas...

  Walter Mosley

  Ideas, People, Romance

  "Big Think Interview With Walter Mosley". Interview with Andrew Dermont, bigthink.com. November 10, 2010.

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• When you start to do research into gorillas or any kind of apes, if you're going to play them, that's one of the biggest misconceptions. And when I did Kong, you're not doing gorilla movements, you're not doing ape movements, you're looking for a personality. It's like saying okay I'm going to do human movements.

  Andy Serkis

  Play, Personality, Research

  Source: collider.com

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• Today's Schools are not Tomorrows Schools. That's a fundamental misconception.

  David Lange

  School, Fundamentals, Today

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• The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era.

  Bill Gates

  War, Fall, Hands

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• It's very rare that you get a part that you actually like. People have a misconception, whether it be because actors lie or because you're reading interviews from giantly, massively famous actors, but you don't just get offered parts, all the time. You actually have to work to get them.

  Zoey Deutch

  Lying, Reading, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I think that's the biggest misconception - that in order for me to be sexy I have to make sure my boobs are out.

  Nicki Minaj

  Sexy, Thinking, Order

  "Nicki Minaj: 'I am doing everything the boys can - plus more...'". Interview with Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2010.

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• I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have. I think if you're one of a lucky five, maybe, you're that privileged, but most of us are living paycheck to paycheck and we're really extremely grateful for opportunities.

  Famke Janssen

  Grateful, Opportunity, Thinking

  "Famke Janssen Talks TAKEN 2, HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, HEMLOCK GROVE, Her Directorial Debut BRINGING UP BOBBY and Follow-Up RIO ROJO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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• The cover story of the magazine [TIME magazine] depicting a few individuals who are acting contrary to most Myanmar, is creating misconceptions of Buddhism.

  Thein Sein

  Buddhism, Creating, Acting

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• There's a popular misconception that property boundaries are based on coordinates that surveyors can simply "walk to" with our instruments. The reality is that, while physical coordination of monuments is easier than it's ever been, property boundaries often need to be determined based on evidence and plans that are old, decrepit, and done with different technology and expectations than we have today.

  Mark Mason

  Technology, Reality, Expectations

  "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.

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• I travel up and down the country and I've been all around the middle of America for many years. Middle America is not one big mass of people with a proverbial beer in its hand, keeping the country down. That is not my experience of it and I don't labor under that misconception. And we have a long tradition of coming together through music in our country.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Country, Beer, Hands

  Interview with Vickie Karp, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2009.

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• My first understanding of HIV and AIDS was like everybody else from my generation. In the mid-'80s, we heard about this, and it was terrifying, because we knew nothing about how to respond to it appropriately, and we didn't really understand about how the virus is passed. There was a lot of misconception about that.

  Annie Lennox

  Understanding, Viruses, Hiv

  "Annie Lennox + Dr. Mitch Besser". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Kings, People, Knows

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• There's an awful lot of misunderstanding here about what being poor actually means. 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. It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.

  Emma Thompson

  Lying, Knowledge, Mean

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• You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taught you at school is founded on a misconception.

  H. G. Wells

  School, Ideas, Two

  H. G. Wells “The Works of Wells”, Lulu.com

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• Why is it that there is this misconception that dark equals good. That only applies to chocolate.

  Rhys Bowen

  Dark, Chocolate

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• The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

  Tim Ferriss

  Majority, Needs

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• I don't know why people think I'm a Goth - that's a misconception.

  Zola Jesus

  Thinking, People, Ladders

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• I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that.

  Angelina Jolie

  Believe, People, Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.

  Jessica Lange

  Intelligent, Emotional, Perfect

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• When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing a little bit about a lot of things, I didn't suffer the misconception that depression was all in my head or a mark of poor character. I knew it was a disease, and, like all diseases, was treatable.

  Jane Pauley

  Character, Years, Knowing

  "TAKE ONE STEP: Caring for Depression, with Jane Pauley". www.pbs.org. 2008.

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• It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.

  Emma Thompson

  Thinking, Tyrants, Gaps

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