Misconception Quotes - Page 5

• There's so many parts of your life, you know? People say that you don't get any better after the age of about forty or something like that, as a performer. I find all that to be a misconception. I don't feel bad about the way I present stuff. The calendar and the mirror - they're bastards.

  Robert Plant

  Mirrors, People, Age

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• There is a misconception of tragedy with which I have been struck in review after review, and in many conversations with writers and readers alike. It is the idea that tragedy is of necessity allied to pessimism.

  Arthur Miller

  Ideas, Tragedy, Pessimism

  Arthur Miller (2016). “The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller”, p.10, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• One misconception is that entrepreneurs love risk. Actually, we all want things to go as we expect. What you need is a blind optimism and a tolerance for uncertainty.

  Drew Houston

  Optimism, Entrepreneur, Tolerance

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• I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a big budget, commercial Hollywood movie. I don't get into those [details]. I have to get into my character and I concentrate on that, on the story, on researching, and on certain training if I have to be prepared physically. I think that's the most important thing.

  Olga Kurylenko

  Character, Independent, Thinking

  "Olga Kurylenko Talks OBLIVION, Flying the Bubbleship, How Her Bond Experience Helped Her with Action, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 13, 2013.

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• My conceptual framework, which basically emphasizes the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions. I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Decision, Framework

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• One of the big misconceptions about me is that I walk around in mini-skirts and high heels twenty-four seven and go to the gym in heels.

  Carmen Electra

  High Heels, Twenties, Four

  "Carmen Electra's Shy Side". "Parade" Interview, parade.com. August 26, 2008.

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• I don't believe in misconceptions in art and films. There are always so many different ways to relate to or understand a film. I love films that give a great amount of space to the audience to explore or be active with what the film is saying.

  Claudia Llosa

  Art, Believe, Space

  "Tribeca 2015 Women Directors: Meet Claudia Llosa – ‘Aloft’". Interview with Tory Kamen, www.indiewire.com. April 17, 2015.

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• The misconception about Hollywood is that it's a crazy drug and alcohol fueled place. It can be but there's also a huge sober community.

  Tom Arnold

  Crazy, Community, Alcohol

  Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. June 28, 2012.

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• Disregarding the value of religion and believing in egalitarianism are two misconceptions that cause America much trouble today.

  Charley Reese

  Believe, Egalitarianism, Two

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• Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing and year-round golf, we also have leading manufacturers like Peavey Electronics and Viking Range Corp.

  Gregg Harper

  Sports, Golf, Hunting

  "Gregg Harper: I 'hunt' democrats". Interview with Anne Schroeder Mullins, www.politico.com. October 20, 2009.

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• It was a particular pleasure to examine President Ronald Reagan's leadership. I experienced it first-hand, as a member of his administration in several capacities as well as his 1984 reelection campaign staff. The most common misconception is that Reagan was a bystander to his own career.

  James M Strock

  President, Common, Pleasure

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• We have this misconception about women in the military, that they don't wear make-up, but in reality, they're very feminine women. You can be a tough woman, and still be a very nurturing and emotional parent. It's just not always black and white like that.

  Michelle Monaghan

  Military, Black And White, Reality

  Source: collider.com

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• As soon as we ask what faith is and what sort of mistreatment of faith causes doubt, we are led to the first major misconception about doubt-the idea that doubt is always wrong because it is the opposite of faith and the same thing as unbelief. What this error leads to is a view of faith that is unrealistic and a view of doubt that is unfair.

  Os Guinness

  Errors, Views, Opposites

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• Every bubble has two components: something - some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.

  George Soros

  Real, Two, Trends

  Source: globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com

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• I can think of so many tough guys that by definition it's their job to be tough and they're all in chapel. That's such a misconception and it's kind of gone out the window. Guys feel more comfortable going to chapel. I remember when I first started, guys were nervous about it and it was kind of a secret. There was still that stigma that came with it, but it's definitely been removed and (the faith movement) is definitely growing.

  Matt Cullen

  Jobs, Thinking, Guy

  "A conversation with Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. May 6, 2013.

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• The biggest misconception about me is perhaps that I film all the time and film everything randomly. The truth is I film very little and always when something excites me and seems to mean something for the film.

  Kim Longinotto

  Mean, Littles, Film

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.

  Rachel Kushner

  Book, Character, Way

  "Rachel Kushner’s Reno, L.a., And New York". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 20, 2013.

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• One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at.

  Tim Ferriss

  Class, Skills, World

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• The biggest misconception is that sometimes activists have to be loud and are radical to get their message across.

  Katie Cleary

  Messages, Sometimes, Loud

  "Katie Cleary, President and Founder of Peace 4 Animals: Get Proactive!". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think a big misconception about GMOs is that there is a scientific consensus on their safety.

  Zoe Lister-Jones

  Thinking, Gmos, Safety

  "Zoe Lister-Jones: The Dangers of GMOs". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Small and mid-sized companies in this country historically have been responsible for creating the overwhelming majority of new jobs in the private sector. One of the most-common misconceptions about our private enterprise system is that large companies, such as the Fortune 500, are integral to the process of job creation in this country. The truth is quite the opposite.

  Michael Milken

  Country, Jobs, Opposites

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• One of the great misconceptions about spiritual growth that develops in a lot of churches is that information alone is adequate to produce transformed human beings. So if we want to have a church of spiritually mature people, let's just keep cramming more and more information into them... Information alone is not adequate for the transformation of the human personality.

  John Ortberg

  Spiritual, People, Personality

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• Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner.

  George Soros

  Real, Two, Investing

  George Soros (2009). “The crash of 2008 and what it means [electronic resource]: the new paradigm for financial markets”, p.10, PublicAffairs

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• For optimists, human life never needs justification, no matter how much hurt piles up, because they can always tell themselves that things will get better. For pessimists, there is no amount of happiness—should such a thing as happiness even obtain for human beings except as a misconception—that can compensate us for life’s hurt.

  Thomas Ligotti

  Hurt, Things Will Get Better, Needs

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• What's great about going on tour is that it immediately unburdens me of those self-centered misconceptions. Because suddenly, with these songs you've been obsessed with for months, you're playing them for hundreds of people.

  Greg Saunier

  Song, Self, People

  "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.

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