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Assumed Quotes
What we take for granted, questioned.
These lines explore how a single visit can undo a long-held assumption, like picturing an entire country from one coastal town before ever seeing its capital city.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is assumed in many parts of the world that democracy is a group of people facing a certain problem, who come together to solve it in a way where everyone has an equal say.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before we understood that houses shift just over time because the ground is moving, the creaks in a house were assumed to be apparitions, or ghosts. Before we understood that we live on a planet, and there are others, the only answers to where we came from had to be something supernatural.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1982, when I was almost 26 years old, I decided I wanted to write fiction. I'd majored in journalism in college, and I'd always assumed I would write nonfiction.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Western investment is usually assumed to walk hand-in-hand with the democratic values of its home countries, and indeed, opening an economy to outside money is one of the textbook steps in a shift from authoritarianism to an open society.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was asked to write an article about what it was like to work with my husband on a TV show, I assumed it was because people thought it would be titillating. He's a creator/writer/producer, I'm an actress; there must be lots of gossip, in-fighting, maybe some crazy-sexy time on the set, right? Actually, it's pretty tame.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatives spent an awful long time ignoring things: the birthers, the bigots, the xenophobes, the alternative-reality media. We had assumed that they were postcards from the fringe.
- Fool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was out dancing with one actress or another. And that got press. Even when it didn't, the whole town knew I was a dancing fool, and since I couldn't very well dance with a man, they saw me dancing with a lady, and they assumed the rest.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that impacted me the most was in the 12th grade. I just assumed I would get the lead in the musical. Well, I didn't get it; I got the second lead, and I was devastated... my mom said something like, 'Often the supporting character is better.'
- I Have Learned
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since President Trump has assumed office, I have learned a great deal about the problems on our borders.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.
- Extrovert
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Montana, where Sen. William Andrews Clark made his fortune and lost his reputation, people had assumed that all his children were long dead. After all, he was born in 1839 and was of age to serve in the Civil War.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's assumed that light-skinned women have no problems or issues, but they are judged before you know who they are.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020