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It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.

~Adam Schiff

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Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong.

~Alastair Campbell

Topics: All People Big Boil Clinton Conventional Conventional Wisdom Down Few Gets Him His Importance Interested Led Life Madness Media Moments Office Oval Oval Office People Personality Presidency Really Significance Some View Who Wisdom Wrong

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People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.

~Anna Quindlen

Topics: Always Been Blame Boy Conventional Conventional Wisdom Girl Manage People Said She Should Wisdom

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I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wisdom about making television. You're never, ever supposed to do a food or travel show in black and white.

~Anthony Bourdain

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Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.

~Archibald Macleish

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Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.

~Arianna Huffington

Topics: Conventional Conventional Wisdom Everything Filter Just Left Mainstream Mainstream Media Media Mouth Right See Tend Through Wisdom

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Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

~Ariel Gore

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The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

~Aubrey De Grey

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Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.

~Bob Woodward

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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.

~Carly Fiorina

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