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Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment
Steve Albini
5.
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
Sam Walton
6.
When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.
Mayim Bialik
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One of the toughest battles in intelligence is combating conventional wisdom.
Robert M. Gates
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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
10.
I think the conventional wisdom is vastly true. There will be a huge growth in mobile, and this is something we are witnessing every day.
Maurice Levy
11.
I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.
Peter Jennings
12.
I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on.
Maria Bartiromo
13.
Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.
Adam Schiff
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Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.
Kevin Costner
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Conventional wisdom is so scary because what if everybody's wrong?
Kevin Costner
16.
You ever want to know what consensus and groupthink and conventional wisdom in Washington is, just find what David "Rodham" Gergen is saying and you'll find out what 99% of 'em are thinking.
Rush Limbaugh
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Challenge conventional wisdom. There is almost always a better way.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
18.
An expert must be BOLD if he hopes to alchemize his homespun theory into
conventional wisdom.
Steven Levitt