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One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
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Contrary to widespread belief, I do know something about science.


Nick Kroll
Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.


Fran Lebowitz
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Ottawa is a hot spot of Canadian crime writing, with perhaps the greatest concentration of active, involved, published crime writers anywhere.
Vicki Delany
I really wasn't equipped to be a writer when I left Oxford. But then I set out to learn. I've always had the highest regard for the craft. I've always felt it was work.
V. S. Naipaul
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Contrary to common belief, the presumption of innocence applies only inside a courtroom. It has no applicability elsewhere, although the media do not seem to be aware of this.
Vincent Bugliosi
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No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.
Charles E. Wilson
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Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. That's not a typo. The Bible is a record of the blessed bad. The Bible is not a witness to the best people making it up to God; it's a witness to God making it down to the worst people.
Tullian Tchividjian
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I was at my best at a little past forty, when I was a professor at Oxford.


G. H. Hardy
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My decision to leave applied mathematics for economics was in part tied to the widely-held popular belief in the 1960s that macroeconomics had made fundamental inroads into controlling business cycles and stopping dysfunctional unemployment and inflation.
Robert C. Merton
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But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term.


Mary Augusta Ward
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People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.


Michael Palin
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What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city.


Samantha Shannon
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People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the 'Oxford bubble' because the place can make you feel cut off from the rest of the world. I would forget there were places like London that were not centred round libraries and essays.
Samantha Shannon
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The public's not stupid.


Rita Ora
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Stupid people are ruining America.


Herman Cain
For me, geopolitical issues are becoming more important, because how can you understand economy if you don't understand geopolitics? People think economists just deal with spreadsheets and charts. That's a narrow-minded caricature.
Nouriel Roubini
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You don't get a mix of ovals and road/street course racing with this level of competition and speed anywhere other than Indy Car, and I think that's why it has remained a popular choice for so many young drivers.
Charlie Kimball
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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.


Bertrand Russell