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Of course I feel guilty about manipulating the audience, playing on their preconceptions in that way, ... But that's my job.

Paul Haggis

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

Jessamyn West

In the realm of ideas it is better to let the mind sally forth, even if some precious preconceptions suffer a mauling.

Robert F. Goheen

The fundamentalists, by 'knowing' the answers before they start (examining evolution), and then forcing nature into the straitjacket of their discredited preconceptions, lie outside the domain of science-or of any honest intellectual inquiry.

Stephen Jay Gould

The best way to describe it is, you want to make sure that the jurors are not emotionally involved in it, that they don't have any preconceptions.

Leigh Drewry

People from there can adapt to city life, and people here who have never been in the southern part of the country will have a chance to get beyond the preconceptions they've been given.

Fred Brown

My kids thought I was crazy. People have preconceptions about trailer parks. But we love it.

Tim Brady

Like this gas tank, you are overflowing with preconceptions, full of useless knowledge. You hold many facts and opinions, yet know little of yourself. Before you can learn, you'll have to first empty your tank.

Dan Millman

To revise some of their preconceptions regarding language acquisition by children, language competence in adults and second-language instruction.

Shimon Edelman

She can come into it without any preconceptions.

David Janollari