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- At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit,… — Arthur Frommer
- We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is… — James Harvey Robinson
- Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our… — Richard Koch
- We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires. — David Platt
- An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor [group think] of the age and not go… — Evelyn Waugh
- The self-talk of the ego-mind is so busy describing what is happening, judging whether it is good or bad for us, and… — Russell Peters
- Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness. — Marshall McLuhan
- ...This is the first time I have met someone who seeks out people and who sees beyond...We never look beyond our assumptions… — Muriel Barbery
- We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or… — Pema Chodron
- ...but it was death that changed. People are still people. Some good, some bad. Death changed, and we don't know what death… — Jonathan Maberry
- We never look beyond our assumptions and what's worse, we have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves. — Muriel Barbery
- A lot of our assumptions of the world are fairly cynical, fairly negative, and assume the worst. What our reading tastes show… — Deborah Harkness