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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
I don't have any romantic notions about villages.
Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
I have no preconceived notions of what SBA programs work or not.
My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.
I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.
Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.
The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature.
I had a lot of romantic notions about what it would mean to cross Asia by foot.
3D printing is already shaking our age-old notions of what can and can't be made.
So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.
I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
There are no fixed notions on what I should pick up or follow, it has to first appeal to me.
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make.
Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever.
It's a misconception that an intelligent person can't act and I want people to discard such notions.
Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.
I suggest that an education and reading and facts aren't bad things on which to ponder a few notions.
Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.
I think when kids are younger, they don't have these preconceived notions of what a transsexual person is.
A possible link between 'madness' and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions.
I joke that being a university president is akin to being a pinata. But there are also notions of redemption.
You work hard, and you'll rise. But, if you've got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them.
I had a lot of wrong preconceived notions about church-y folks, and I'm bad at judging the messenger, not the message.
If I upset some notions and went against established rules, that wasn't part of what I wanted to do. It wasn't my goal.
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
Young directors are a delight to work with. With no preconceived notions, they provide enough creative fodder for actors.
To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.
I suppose British people generally, probably have very stereotypical notions about the Irish that go back to Victorian times.
The Republican Party needs to, first of all, quit electing people in primaries that have prehistoric notions about women's issues.
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity.
Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night.
Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.
No one can take Jesus away from me. There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace.
When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.
A lot of preconceived notions that I had about fame and status and money and joy and pain, and all of these things that I thought I knew, I didn't.
Going to war is a rare experience in American culture, so it's easy for simple notions to gain a lot of weight. The reality is always more complex.
The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.
When we read, we are doing more than delectating words on a page stories, characters, images, notions. We are communing with the mind of the author.
When I left Toronto and entered journalism in the late 1990s, I had many notions about the news business, nearly all of them wrong, as it turned out.
I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.
Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying thing.
I don't like to pretend I was guided in any way by the supernatural world, but the more you talk about that, the easier it is to dismiss those notions.
I think time and time again, in reality, psychological notions and economic notions interplay, and the man who doesn't understand both is a damned fool.
People think a watch must weigh a lot to be a luxury. But there's no reason why we should add weight to create value. People have to overcome these notions.
Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other.
