Misconception Quotes - Page 11

• The eurozone status quo is neither tolerable nor stable. Mainstream economists would call it an inferior equilibrium; I call it a nightmare - one that is inflicting tremendous pain and suffering that could be easily avoided if the misconceptions and taboos that sustain it were dispelled.

  George Soros

  Pain, Suffering, Nightmare

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• If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.

  Jimmy Wales

  Errors, Want, About Yourself

  "Wikipedia founder edits own bio" by Jack Schofield, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2005.

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• It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.

  Trevanian

  Fun, Opportunity, Justice

  Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.137, Broadway Books

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• You aren't even angry with me anymore, Stefan, so let me up." He didn't budge. "It would be a misconception on your part, little Tanya, if you are thinking I have to be angry to make love to you." His head bent, his lips grazing her cheek all the way to her ear. With his warm breath sending tingles all over her, he continued in a whisper, "I wanted you last night, today a dozen times, right now more than ever. Tell me to love you, Tanya. Demand it of me!

  Johanna Lindsey

  Love You, Night, Thinking

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• Creo que mucha gente tiene una idea equivocada de lo que es la cocina, pero ya sabes que la parte agotadora es también el placer. Por eso creo que hay que tener cierta mentalidad para entender qué es eso y poder manejarlo.

  Todd Inglés

  Thinking, People, Kitchen

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• There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.

  Sheryl Swoopes

  Inspirational, Basketball, Done

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• Es más fácil aferrarse a tus propios estereotipos y conceptos erróneos, te hace sentir justificado en tu propia ignorancia. Así es Estados Unidos. Así que el reto para nosotros es, ¿estamos preparados para el cambio?

  Michel'le

  Ignorancia, América, Desafíos

  "Barry responde a los blogueros liberales y defiende su patriotismo en la VFW". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. 19 de agosto de 2008.

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• La conciliación de la vida laboral y familiar es una de las mayores ideas falsas que tiene la gente.

  Robert Herjavec

  People, Balance, Work Life Balance

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• A common misconception is that the costs of health care are cheaper in rural America, when in fact the reality is that they are more expensive and more difficult to access.

  Blanche Lincoln

  Reality, America, Facts

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• We have such a terrible, terrible misconception of science. We think it involves the definite, the precise, the known; it is a horrid series of gates to an unknown as vast of the universe; which means endless.

  Anne Rice

  Mean, Thinking, Endless

  Anne Rice (1993). “Lasher”, Alfred A. Knopf Canada

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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 that don’t go anywhere.

  Jonah Peretti

  People, Quality, Matter

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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

  Believe, Terrorist

  Roundtable Interview by the Press Pool, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. October 22, 2003.

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• And let us dispose of a common misconception. The complete transmutation of even one animal species into a different species has never been directly observed either in the laboratory or in the field.

  Dean H. Kenyon

  Animal, Different, Fields

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• La idea errónea del totalitarismo es que se puede encarcelar la libertad. Esto no es así. Cuando se coarta la libertad, ésta levanta el vuelo y aterriza en el alféizar de una ventana.

  Ai Weiwei

  Tierra, Vuelo, Casos

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• It is not a sudden leap from sick to well. It is a slow, strange meander from sick to mostly well. The misconception that eating disorders are a medical disease in the traditional sense is not helpful here. There is no 'cure'. A pill will not fix it, though it may help. Ditto therapy, ditto food, ditto endless support from family and friends. You fix it yourself. It is the hardest thing that I have ever done, and I found myself stronger for doing it. Much stronger.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Sick, Support, Stronger

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• There's a huge misconception that innovation is mostly about inventing or coming up with cool new things. More often than not, innovation is about figuring out what people really need or want but can't have or afford.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  People, Thought Provoking, Innovation

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• El gran error de nuestros días es creer que Dios no se preocupa por proteger su propia integridad. Es una especie de deidad insípida, que simplemente agita una varita de perdón sobre todo el mundo. No. Que Dios te perdone es un asunto muy costoso.

  R. C. Sproul

  Integridad, Perdonar, Materia

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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

  Angel, Men, Brutes

  Norman Mailer (2013). “The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author”, p.323, Henry Holt and Company

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• Only people willing to work to the point of discomfort on a regular basis using effective means to produce that discomfort will actually look like they have been other-than-comf ortable most of the time. You can thank the muscle magazines for these persistent misconceptions, along with the natural tendency of all normal humans to seek reasons to avoid hard physical exertion.

  Mark Rippetoe

  Mean, People, Looks

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• Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal

  Tom Araya

  Thinking, Band, Next

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• La separación entre talento y habilidad es uno de los mayores errores de la sociedad moderna. El talento es algo con lo que se nace, pero la destreza sólo se consigue tras horas y horas de duro trabajo perfeccionando tu talento como oficio. Por eso el talento te fallará sin habilidad.

  Will Smith

  Trabajo duro, compromiso, habilidades

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• In a society that judges self-worth on productivity, it's no wonder we fall prey to the misconception that the more we do, the more we're worth

  Ellen Stern

  Fall, Self Worth, Judging

  Ellen Sue Stern (1991). "La mujer indispensable", Bantam

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• It's a misconception that Beauty is in the Eyes of beholder. In my view, Beauty must be in the Heart of beholder for her true appreciation.

  Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate

  Appreciation, Heart, Eye

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• En lugar de ignorar a quienes optan por publicar sus opiniones sin hablar realmente conmigo, me complace disipar cualquier rumor o idea errónea y estoy muy orgulloso de decir que soy un hombre gay muy satisfecho que vive su vida al máximo y se siente muy afortunado de trabajar con gente maravillosa en el negocio que me gusta.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Gay, Men, Talking

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• Es un error muy triste pensar que los bibliotecarios se limitan a registrar la entrada y salida de libros. La biblioteca es el corazón de una escuela y, sin un bibliotecario, no es más que un cascarón vacío.

  Jarrett J. Krosoczka

  Libro, Corazón, Escuela

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