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  • Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception of entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

    God   Christian   Nature  
    Letter to Charles Kingsley, mathcs.clarku.edu. September 23, 1860.
  • I am good in the fact that most of my reviews have been very positive really. I get pretty good reviews. There have been some that aren't - critical. I think they are extremely - the people that wrote them really don't understand what they are looking at quite frankly or have a very preconceived notion of what conceptual art should be or where I am at or the fact that I may change what I have done from what I did 20 years ago. But there is always some reason that they just sort of get it wrong. And so it certainly doesn't affect my work.

    Art   Thinking   Years  
    Source: www.aaa.si.edu
  • I don't go into a movie with preconceived notions of where I want things to go.

    Source: film.avclub.com
  • One of the qualities essential to being good at reading poetry is also one of the qualities essential to being good at life: a capacity for surprise. It’s easy to become so mired in our likes or dislikes that we can no longer recall that person who once responded to poems—and to people—without any preconceived notions of what we wanted them to be.

  • For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

  • Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

    Thomas Henry Huxley (1997). “The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.359, University of Georgia Press
  • Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.

    Gerald R. Ford (1973). “Selected speeches”, Desert Publications
  • While acting in Armed Response I was always focused, just so they could see me as a peer and maybe not some idiot who's coming in from the pro-wrestling world. I'm sure they had their preconceived notions about me so I just hope that once we were finished with a scene, or finished with the movie overall, that I managed to change their perspective based on what they were expecting.

    Source: www.ign.com
  • It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means.

    Book   Mean   Adults  
    "Clowes Speak" by Tad Friend, July 30, 2001.
  • Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.

    "I met Lou Reed - and he was charm personified" by Hanna Hanra, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2013.
  • I like to think I keep my mind open. When I walk the streets I don't look for anything in particular. I come from a philosophy that believes you shouldn't have preconceived notions - that you don't need a gimmick. That you should just photograph what you react to - what you see.

  • I've learned that you shouldn't have preconceived notions about anybody.

    "Why you should definitely not cuddle Alton Brown". Interview with Joe Dziemianowicz, www.nydailynews.com. November 21, 2016.
  • I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make.

    "She's Strong, She's Sexy, She's Sandra Bullock". Interview with Anne Fletcher, www.glamour.com. May 31, 2009.
  • When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.

    Missing   Mind   Trying  
  • I believe the only limitations are the ones that we accept. I know that there is, in theory, a glass ceiling. But I don't believe that it's a solid wall. I'm going through it. Nothing's stopping me. Yes, there are these preconceived notions; yes, we have challenges. Let's accept them, let's not be afraid of them, let's break through them.

    Wall   Believe   Glasses  
    "Debbi Fields Talks The Importance Of Persistence And Staying Present In ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2013.
  • There's a theory that nobody believes. That Robert Mueller is Mr. Honest and Mr. Integrity, has no preconceived notion and is really gonna look to find what happened in White House and whatever he finds is what he's gonna tell us. That's the thing that you would associate with Mr. Integrity, with Mr. Honesty, with Mr. Character, is the last thing anybody thinks is gonna happen.

    Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com
  • I don't think you can help but personalize a role. You almost play to none of the preconceived notions of it. It's more or less a personal experience and journey.

    Journey   Thinking   Play  
    Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. October 1, 2010.
  • In the eighties, I was fortunate to be one of the young art directors that Jerry Roach, creative director at JWT New York, took under his wing. He taught me how to use typography more visually, to push against design norms and not to rely on preconceived notions of what something should look like. I learned that nuance is everything and to agonize over the details. I have Jerry to thank for driving plenty of people crazy over the years!

    Art   New York   Crazy  
  • Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing.

    Thomas Henry Huxley (1997). “The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley”, p.359, University of Georgia Press
  • If the clinician, as observer, wishes to see things as they really are, he must make a tabula rasa of his mind and proceed without any preconceived notions whatever.

    Mind   Wish   Tabula Rasa  
  • Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion — or you shall learn nothing.

    Gerald R. Ford (1973). “Selected speeches”, Desert Publications
  • It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

  • I just think that people take me a little more seriously as a brunette. I don't know if that's just because of a societal preconceived notion that all blondes are stupid, but it's a different kind of attitude.

  • I want to be in a position where I get to start off fresh. I don't have any preconceived notion of how I should feel.

    Want   Should   Notion  
    Source: www.digitalspy.com
  • Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

  • People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie.

    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • You have this preconceived notion of him [Sly Stallone] as a big, tough guy, but he speaks four languages and he likes to watercolor.

    Guy   Four   Likes  
  • People want to put you in the box, and you just have to fight past their preconceived notions.

    Fighting   Past   Mma  
  • All scientists have found that preconceived notions, dogmas, and all personal prejudice and bias, must be set aside, listening patiently, quietly and reverently to the lessons, one by one, which Mother Nature has to teach, shedding light on that which was before a mystery, so that all who will may see and know. She conveys her truths only to those who are passive and receptive.

    Mother   Nature   Light  
  • I have successfully avoided being stereotyped into a specific category. I've worked very hard at that, and I'm proud of not being easily lumped into anybody's preconceived notions or expectations.

    "20Q: Amber Heard". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. August 10, 2011.
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