Misconception Quotes
159 quotes by 150 authors
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I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.
— Jacqueline Bisset
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People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
— Emile M. Cioran
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We brought the religious leaders and the secular development workers together in one room. We asked the religious leaders what are your reservations about development…
— Abul Kalam Azad
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There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say…
— Tom Landry
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...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more guts,…
— Cesar Chavez
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The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts…
— Thomas Jefferson
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We have the misconception that competitiveness means winning at all costs, but that's not what competition is. Competition is just doing your best and not…
— Lisa Rainsberger
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The separation of talent and skill is one of the largest misconceptions in modern society. Talent is something you born with, but skill can only…
— Will Smith
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I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can…
— Tavi Gevinson
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The misconception that there is serious disagreement among scientists about global warming is actually an illusion that has been deliberately fostered by a relatively small…
— Al Gore
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The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.
— Lauren Bacall
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There's that popular misconception of man as something between a brute and an angel. Actually man is in transit between brute and God.
— Norman Mailer
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People think that Detroit is this barren wasteland. While there are parts that are not as nice as others, the misconception is not true. It…
— Steven Yeun
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Work-life balance is one of the biggest misconceptions people have,
— Robert Herjavec
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Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and…
— Neil Patrick Harris
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Less so here, I’ve noticed. I can see why there’s a misconception that it’s easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn’t work out…
— Max Irons
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It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for…
— Michel'le
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The biggest misconception people have is that quality is all that matters. The truth is that quality helps, but there’s a ton of high-quality things…
— Jonah Peretti
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There's a lot of things that there's misconceptions. Evidently it's a misconceptions that Americans believe that Muslims are terrorists.
— George W. Bush
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