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Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
'Homeland' is great at challenging our preconceived ideas.
When people talk about someone you have preconceived judgments.
I have no preconceived notions of what SBA programs work or not.
I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.
I have trouble working off things that are too preconceived, like storyboards.
I don't have any preconceived ideas of myself. I just take things as they come.
If we can see past preconceived limitations, then the possibilities are endless.
So much good music has been looked over because of preconceived notions of genre.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
I only judge people in one way. I like them or I don't. But I don't have preconceived ideas.
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make.
Some of the best ideas come from sheer discovery, and not by some masterminded, preconceived genius.
People in general have a preconceived idea of what prison is, from seeing documentaries or whatever.
I think when kids are younger, they don't have these preconceived notions of what a transsexual person is.
Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
I never had any preconceived ideas about acting, because I always thought I was going to be a visual artist.
I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.
I never had a preconceived notion about what I should do or what I should take up… I am not that intelligent.
I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.
For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.
We have incredible record labels in Australia, but sometimes they have a preconceived idea of how to do things.
I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.
That preconceived notion of me being inaccurate is completely false, and I look forward to changing that over time.
In Method acting, you can't have preconceived ideas. You have to live in the moment. You have to keep yourself open.
I had a lot of wrong preconceived notions about church-y folks, and I'm bad at judging the messenger, not the message.
Young directors are a delight to work with. With no preconceived notions, they provide enough creative fodder for actors.
Economic and technical imperatives - not any preconceived directives - will keep propelling the process of energy transition.
Taoism taught me to focus on the process and not to be attached to preconceived ideas of what I thought the outcome should be.
An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.
I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.
If we remove all judgment and preconceived ideas of who a person is, the truth is, we are all blessed with the same emotions and desires.
Events can neither be regarded as a series of adventures nor strung on the thread of a preconceived moral. They must obey their own laws.
A style is the consequence of recurrent habits, restraints, or rules invented or inherited, written or overheard, intuitive or preconceived.
Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.
First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.
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.
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.
People have this preconceived notion of me. I'm 'Gob' to them: this thoughtless sociopath who lives this bizarre, ego-driven life. That would be insanity.
It's about not having doubt in your mind and staying focused and not having any preconceived notion about failure. It's just looking forward and staying positive.
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.
When you can analyze situations and figure out what's best for you, based on you and not some preconceived notion of what society expects, then nothing is a threat.
Someone with my name and my appearance comes with preconceived ideas attached. My mission is to erase as many preconceived ideas, barriers, and stereotypes as I can.
I'm for mechanical art. When I took up silk screening, it was to more fully exploit the preconceived image through the commercial techniques of multiple reproduction.
I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.
We had no preconceived ideas. We were on this football team to go out and win ballgames and try to win a championship, that's all. To Brian and me, it was no big deal.
As an actor, I do not come with preconceived notions. I am like clay that can be moulded or like a sponge that can absorb things. I do what the director wants me to do.
Being called 'conscious' is a great thing to be, but it's the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience about what conscious music can be.
I don't think an NC-17 rating is the kiss of death. Nor do I think that, in the hands of the right filmmakers, studios have a preconceived notion to pass on NC-17 material.
I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason.