Open Minded Quotes - Page 9

• Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open.

  Ralph Marston

  Moving On, Letting Go, Moving Forward

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• The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held; instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.

  Bertrand Russell

  Lying, Essence, May

  Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.400, Psychology Press

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• If you're brilliant and open-minded, you can start at the top.

  Uri Geller

  Optimistic, Brilliant, Ifs

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• The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded.

  Alexis Hunter

  Leadership, Positive Attitude, Calm

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• I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem in as much as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right.

  Henry Bessemer

  Ideas, Practice, Long

  Sir Henry Bessemer (1905). “Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S.: An autobiography”

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• Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Change, Life Changing, People Changing

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• Intelligence is in constant process of forming, and its retention requires constant alertness in observing consequences, an open-minded will to learn, and courage in readjustment.

  John Dewey

  Alertness, Process, Retention

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Ralph Ross (2008). “The Middle Works, 1899-1924: 1920”, p.135, SIU Press

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• There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people's uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by their ideals, then he is offended, and usually offended secretly. Because oddly enough, this person is the same person quickest to resort to dismissive name-calling, such as 'bigot' or 'zealot'. And oddly enough, he is always the one, the 'open-minded' one, who adamantly protests for, not only himself, but others not to listen to any type of scholarly theological truth inherently for the sake of his own personal, moral beliefs.

  Criss Jami

  Names, Differences, People

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• Contrary to popular belief, I'm not promiscuous. There does seem to be a mistaken belief out there that I am sexually available somehow — which is not to say that I'm not open-minded about sex.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Sex, Doe, Belief

  "Johansson: 'I'm Not Promiscuous'" by wenn.com, October 11, 2006.

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• My father insisted that I learnt the Koran and encouraged me to understand the basic traditions and beliefs of Islam but without imposing any particular views. He was an overwhelming personality but open-minded and liberal.

  Aga Khan III

  Father, Views, Personality

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• I like Islam, it is a consistent idea of religion and open-minded.

  Kurt Gödel

  Ideas, Islam, Consistent

  "A Logical Journey: From Gödel to Philosophy". Book by Hao Wang, 1996.

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• I simply want the music to to find its way to open-minded people.

  Jon Foreman

  People, Want, Way

  Source: blog.noisetrade.com

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• Americans are interested because they are open-minded. They have an education system that teaches them to find out for themselves why things are the way they are. Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

  Dalai Lama

  Believe, Buddhism, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I'm very open to all different genres because I'm a very open-minded girl.

  Gal Gadot

  Girl, Different, Genre

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm sort of religious, actually. God can be interpreted many ways, I think. If others were more open-minded about what god can be, instead of just calling it god and saying it works this way or that way, we'd all be in a better situation and a better place.

  Max Bemis

  Religious, Thinking, Calling

  Source: thehotwatermusic.blogspot.com

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• Finally there was one open-minded surgeon in the great Pennsylvania General Hospital. He said, 'Let us give this young fellow a chance.' So they let him operate.

  Paul Douglas

  Dark, Giving, Age

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• We want to see ourselves as curious and open-minded and smart and understanding things in terms of context and nuance, but when someone tries to do that in the midst of a shaming they're turned on.

  Jon Ronson

  Smart, Understanding, Trying

  "Jon Ronson gets serious about Ashley Madison and Twitter-shaming". Interview with Katie Rife, www.avclub.com. October 12, 2015.

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• I guess if everything went tits up, having no work whatsoever, obviously you have to do something else. At the moment I don't see myself quitting, but I'm open minded about it.

  Max Irons

  Quitting, Moments, Ifs

  "Max irons assumes his throne". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 15, 2013.

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• We have seen in the past where leaders have not been open-minded or have not been flexible. That's why the people came out to the streets and shouted and chanted for more reforms and more freedoms.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Past, People, Leader

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I grew up in the south of Italy, next to the sea, which was a great place to grow up. The type of life we lived there was very relaxing. Just very fun, open-minded people. It was all very sociable and low-key.

  Nicki Minaj

  Growing Up, Fun, Sea

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I want the ethic of being independent and open-minded, having a lot of integrity, intellectually, to be part of anything I do.

  D.A. Wallach

  Integrity, Independent, Want

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think Americans are good-hearted, open-minded people and race doesn't enter into this - at all.

  Cindy McCain

  Thinking, Race, People

  Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com

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• I really wanted to raise my boys in a place where 'celebrity' wasn't important, and where I could be closer to where I grew up (upstate NY). I love it here - it reminds me of my childhood. It seems more open minded and inclusive, and I love the seasons.

  Lauren Holly

  Boys, Childhood, Important

  "Lauren Holly: Why I Raise My Kids In Canada". Interview with Jenny Schafer, celebritybabyscoop.com. February 14, 2014.

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  Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded.... They shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them.

  John Wayne

  Down And, Speak, Ifs

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.13, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Islam doesn't have to mean blind faith. It can mean what it always meant in your family, a culture, a civilization, as open-minded as your grandfather was, as delightedly disputatious as your father was.... Don't let the zealots make Muslim a terrifying word, I urged myself; remember when it meant family.

  Salman Rushdie

  Father, Mean, Civilization

  "Excerpts From Rushdie's Address: 1,000 Days 'Trapped Inside a Metaphor'". Address at Columbia University, www.nytimes.com. December 12, 1991.

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