People have misconceptions about
People have misconceptions about Marilyn Manson, of course, but they can think what they want. Evan Rachel Wood
Misconception
One of the biggest
One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I’m a comedian, which I’m not. A comedian is someone who can stand up in front of an audience and make you laugh. I’ve never done stand-up and I never will. I’m a comic actor. My comedy comes through my characters. Eugene Levy
One of the big
One of the big misconceptions is that affairs or trysts are flings about sex. And sometimes they are, but much more often they are about desire. And that is very different. The desire to feel special, to feel seen, to feel appreciated, to be laughed at or with. The desire to be desired. That does … Read more
The chance that any
The chance that any given sentence is a lie, rather than a truth, I think, is fairly great. An intentional lie, a self-deception, a misconception – there are lots of categories of untruth, not one grab bag. And hotographs can reveal something to us, and they can also conceal things. Errol Morris
In our society, as
In our society, as women filmmakers, we are expected to make films that empower women and that raise awareness about women’s issues. That is a huge misconception. Esra Saydam
It is a mistake
It is a mistake to suppose, with some philosophers of aesthetics, that art and poetry aim to deal with the general and the abstract. This misconception has been foisted upon us by mediaeval logic. Art and poetry deal with the concrete of nature, not with separate ‘particulars,’ for such rows do not exist. Ernest Fenollosa
There are those who
There are those who view the abolitionists as just maniacs, apolitical fanatics who helped to cause the war, and Lincoln is the model of responsible statesmanship. I think that is a misconception, the idea that Lincoln knows what’s possible and the abolitionists don’t. Eric Foner
There’s an awful lot
There’s an awful lot of misunderstanding here about what being poor actually means. I don’t think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think there’s some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything. It is remarkable how … Read more
It is remarkable how
It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly. Emma Thompson
Criticism is a misconception:
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. Emile M. Cioran