Quotes About Open-mindedness

Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Reasonable people can have differences.

We knew that 'Naked Attraction' was going to be controversial but as long as youre being controversial for the right reasons, I have absolutely no problem with it.

You need to rebel to see the other options and to get a much richer, fuller sense of the world. And it's only once you've worked through that and seen through that that you can come back and accept who you are. You have to try all the other options.

I think my dad's rebellion is that he's super accepting - I mean, he, like, encouraged me to drop out of university. And to do acting.

I was raised fundamentalist Christian, and now I'm not that. It was not an act of rebellion or anything. For me, it was about being in a line of work where I was meeting so many different people and feeling like they all had legitimate points of view that I needed to consider and occasionally these were at odds with ideas that I was raised with.

To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur.

My idea about the role of artists is to get people to look at things in a way that's different than the way they normally would if they are being told how to think, what to do. I think when people receive information through art, they are more open-minded.

African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open-minded, pure and simple.

I loved working with Cena. He was always receptive to my ideas, even if they weren't good.

I like working with creative people who are receptive to new ideas, who want to do things that are different, who want to create films of a different mould.

Maybe you have a particular type of sound you want to go for, but if you really want to be original, there's no real recipe for that. For me it's just about letting it come to you... if you can let your head clear out, then almost anything is available.

I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society.

I like movies that challenge people to recognize different things.

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

When people hear a footballer speaking, they can think about it and maybe even reconsider the prejudices they have.

I think most people's record collections are more interesting than radio generally gives them credit for. You're likely to be as interested in the Grateful Dead as Palestrina. It pisses me off how compartmentalised music is. I used to be in a punk band, you know?

I make records with an open mind, I always have.

A lot of coaches say to me, 'We're kind of hesitant to recruit you because you're going to BYU.' I tell them, 'I'm keeping my mind open. BYU is a nice place, but I could go anywhere.

If I tell you purple look good on you, and you ain't never wore purple, your favorite colors are red and green, and you're like, No man, these my colors. You won't know purple is your color until you try it on.

I want the image of disabled people like myself to change into a picture of strength. Fashion needs to redefine its idea of beauty and have more of an open mind.

I change my method and field of reference from book to book because I can never believe in the same thing two times running.

I have so many references in my head - flamenco, classical, Latin, too many. I come in and put it all on the table, with no prejudice, and just start working, working, working.

I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me.