Strong moral arguments exist for why we should often try to ignore stereotypes or override them. But we shouldn't assume they represent some irrational quirk of the unconscious mind. In fact, they're largely the consequence of the mind's attempt to make a rational decision.
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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON There's always that stigma of, 'Women shouldn't box,' or stereotypes of what a femal... MANDY BUJOLD Stereotypes exist because there's always some truth to stereotypes. Not always, but often. MAZ JOBRANI I don't mind what the market is, but why is it vapid? If they're such a bunch of idiots, why... KRISTIN HERSH You have to assume that you're talking to the most intelligent, tuned-in audience you could ever... DYLAN MORAN Some mathematics problems look simple, and you try them for a year or so, and then you try them for ... ANDREW WILES Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH Managers are already voracious consumers of theory. Every time they make a decision or take action, ... CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mi... NEKO CASE Those people who shun us just because of the label we're on, or the fact that we've got a vi... JOEL MADDEN I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice ... CRAIG GROESCHEL Educators shouldn't be afraid of cliches. You know why? Because kids don't know most of them... RANDY PAUSCH Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL I don't mind having a big butt - they're back in style. But I do a lot of squats to make sur... MIRANDA LAMBERT It's important for people to recognize that they shouldn't ignore symptoms like shortness of... CAITLYN JENNER Offendedness is just about the last shared moral currency in our country. And, I'm sorry, but it... KEVIN DEYOUNG We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes. QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them ... BARRY COMMONER People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It... DOLLY PARTON The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make somethi... ELON MUSK I believe someone should be able to dress according to the mood they're in. It shouldn't be ... CHER LLOYD I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won&... BRUCE GREENWOOD It gets crazy in my mind sometimes but the reason why I like to express so much positivity on my Twi... JHENE AIKO I always laugh at these rock n'rollers where you can't understand them. Mind you, it's n... HARRY CONNICK, JR. Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is th... YEHUDA BERG Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irr... FRAN LEBOWITZ We think, each of us, that we're much more rational than we are. And we think that we make our d... DANIEL KAHNEMAN Now it's a fully realized production but for the fact that we're holding our scripts in our ... BLAIR UNDERWOOD I'm interested in why people compromise when they shouldn't. It comes back to what V's a... DAVID LLOYD I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX All those people who go to NASCAR and sing country & western songs and live in Tennessee, they t... AL STEWART People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington ... VALERIE JARRETT I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a... DAVID DUCHOVNY If you're afraid of death, I would say, either fight for your life or come to grips with the fac... ROBBY BENSON But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can b... TOM SELLECK I like being able to play women that are growing or aren't easy to love. Maybe they are really l... TAYLOUR PAIGE There's a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don't mind hardship... JAMES F. AMOS The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are hum... BEAU WILLIMON We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Be... FRANCIS MAUDE I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's bet... ANNA PAQUIN Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons. That's the way that we attack people. At an ... JUNOT DIAZ I actually don't mind rats at all. I kind of think they're quite cute, but that's just m... JAMIE BELL There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to dir... JAMES FRANCO I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They'... DENNIS MILLER The child's mind is not the type of mind we adults possess. If we call our type of mind the cons... MARIA MONTESSORI The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to... BARNEY FRANK Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love.... JUDY COLLINS It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the p... VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN I'm often given parts that aren't as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. Whe... DENHOLM ELLIOTT The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood; we are complex systems... BEN CARSON What we're really after is trying to understand what's in the mind of God. BURTON RICHTER I still believe that any country understands that if they use nuclear weapons, they will be wiped ou... MOHAMED ELBARADEI We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditio... MARGARET ATWOOD Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Explorati... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON You just don't see Muslims being matter-of-fact Muslim. They're always defined by their Musl... KUMAIL NANJIANI In the center of an irrational universe governed by an irrational Mind stands rational man. PHILIP K. DICK I think there is some resistance when people talk about ethical fashion, and a tendency to panic tha... ERIN O'CONNOR From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find... MADELINE KAHN I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good... MITCH HEDBERG We have to make machines understand what they're doing, or they won't be able to come back a... NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE I probably shouldn't say this about all animals, but at least the farm animals that I've hun... KRISTEN SCHAAL Fantasies can be great, but we shouldn't make the wedding a fantasy, because the wedding is the ... ALAIN DE BOTTON I like Jacques Derrida; I think he's funny. I like my philosophy with a few jokes and puns. I kn... ALAN MOORE I always think the most important thing for a writer is a deadline, and it's the same with a hou... ADRIANA TRIGIANI They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes... RALPH LAUREN A lot of them have families to feed, and I think it's a tragic situation where players aren'... COLIN KAEPERNICK There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason at all - it'll be te... JOHN CUSACK Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine h... MORRISSEY Censors can make a case for zero tolerance in language. They can make the argument that since we don... CHRIS CRUTCHER Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's... CAIO FONSECA I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and sem... JOHN HOWARD I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own m... NAVEEN JAIN Many companies don't exist after 25 years. It's a rarity. Or if they do exist, they're l... JOHN MORGRIDGE Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them... DAVID DUCHOVNY The Green Lanterns are very forward and very courageous, very forceful. The Red Lanterns are out of ... GEOFF JOHNS I love Athena. I love all the goddesses and the archetypes and what they represent because I think t... ISABEL LUCAS There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out o... CATE BLANCHETT I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That'... YAYA TOURE For people who never tire of telling the world what a moral high ground they've taken in opposin... MIKE GALLAGHER Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: ... MARTIN REES We're kind of wishing some parents would come back. And of course we're uneasy about the fac... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE When you're in the throes of this romantic love, it's overwhelming - you're out of contr... HELEN FISHER There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if... JOHNNY VEGAS There's just something about vampires that's sexy. It's the same reason why women go for... NINA DOBREV We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn'... GABRIELLE UNION It's usually a big kind of vent of frustration or anger or sadness that puts me in the right fra... ELLIE GOULDING If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking acro... ANN COULTER I think it's a very dangerous game to play when you assume that just because someone's an en... WENTWORTH MILLER Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them. TRYON EDWARDS Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about... IAN MACKAYE Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for ... P. J. O'ROURKE When talking to first-time entrepreneurs, I often ask them: 'How do you know that people want yo... KATHRYN MINSHEW We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time wh... DOUGLAS ADAMS I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's k... JOHN DARNIELLE The thing about stereotypes as we all know, there is often truth in them, but it's almost always... ALEX TIZON It's hard to think what should make your blood boil more - what happened to Billy Ray or what di... MORRIS DEES
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HAROLD BLOOM We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own. HAROLD BLOOM Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are. AMY BLOOM I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult fi... ORLANDO BLOOM Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the... ALLAN BLOOM Legolas is that kind of action elf who pouts a bit, stares off to the distance, and has a couple her... ORLANDO BLOOM Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I nev... ORLANDO BLOOM My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than ... ORLANDO BLOOM Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about... ORLANDO BLOOM Climate change is not the fault of man. It's Mother Nature's way. And sucking greenhouse gas... HOWARD BLOOM We all have day jobs and fantasize about being rock stars and alt-country stars. DAVE BLOOM The people from church see us in a totally different environment. But I have to censor myself on the... DAVE BLOOM There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proporti... ORLANDO BLOOM Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. ORLANDO BLOOM I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the thing... AMY BLOOM I think his modus operandi has evolved into, you can just try to do the best you can every single da... LARRY BLOOM I have my own show at 28 and a Golden Globe. So, yes, I face rejection, but I've also been very ... RACHEL BLOOM I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is ... ORLANDO BLOOM Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whol... RON BLOOM Obviously, this is a continuation of dollar woes. DAVID BLOOM I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone... ORLANDO BLOOM Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their childre... ALLAN BLOOM It really isn't about winning the medal for me. JEREMY BLOOM I'll have a week to put the cleats on and get ready. Is a week enough? I don't see why not. I've bee... JEREMY BLOOM I'm humbled to be here, and I'm very excited. The sport of football has been a huge passion of mine ... JEREMY BLOOM Well, this is America, so obviously football is the Big Daddy in this country. It gets the most atte... JEREMY BLOOM I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself. ORLANDO BLOOM Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm m... ORLANDO BLOOM