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Even though my mom was talented and had a college degree, she lived in the era when the conventional wisdom in Dallas was that my dad worked, she was supposed to stay home and take care of the kids, and that was that. There really weren't other opportunities for her, and most of them were volunteer opportunities.

~Cecile Richards

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Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight.

~Chip Conley

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There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic.

~Chris Robinson

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The conventional wisdom in an election year is that nothing will get done until after the election.

~Christine Todd Whitman

Topics: After Conventional Conventional Wisdom Done Election Get Nothing Until Will Wisdom Year

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Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

~Christopher Reeve

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What's unique about the Mormon Church is that it encourages inquiry. I really do think my research and religion are all on the same page. I never could have come up with the notion of disruptive innovations, which went against a lot of conventional wisdom, if I hadn't been raised to always be asking questions.

~Clayton Christensen

Topics: About Against Always Asking Asking Questions Been Church Come Conventional Conventional Wisdom Could Disruptive Encourages Innovations Inquiry Lot Mormon Never Notion Page Questions Raised Really Religion Research Same Same Page Think Unique Up Which Wisdom

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Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins.

~David Limbaugh

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No one has a monopoly on truth, and science continues to advance. Yesterday's heresies may be tomorrow's conventional wisdom.

~Dean Ornish

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Conventional wisdom is not always the best wisdom.

~Doug Ducey

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The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.

~Ed Miliband

Topics: Challenging Conventional Conventional Wisdom Did Every Every Time Important Labour Lesson Made Most New Progress The Most Important Time Wisdom

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