42 Quotes About Herd-mentality
- Author Jess C. Scott
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People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.
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- Author Abhaidev
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When it comes to forming opinions on works of art, people look to others. Most people end up liking paintings, songs and movies just because the majority have a favourable opinion about them. Ultimately it’s all about the brand value of the artist.
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- Author Abhaidev
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Whenever we come across a famous painting by an acclaimed artist, we tend to reason with ourselves. That it ought to be good, for everyone thinks highly of it. But had we not known who the artist was, we wouldn’t have appreciated the work that much. We don’t know whom this society and the media would put on a pedestal next. It could very well be you.
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- Author Oliver Gaspirtz
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Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.
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- Author Christopher Manske
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Think a little differently from the herd and see things they can’t or won’t.
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- Author Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
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Without any censorship, in the West fashionable trends of thought and ideas are carefully separated from those which are not fashionable; nothing is forbidden, but what is not fashionable will hardly ever find its way into periodicals or books or be heard in colleges. Legally your researchers are free, but they are conditioned by the fashion of the day.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
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- Author Torron-Lee Dewar
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Just because everyone else does, it doesn't mean you have to. Break the repetitive cycle and excel beyond the norm.
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- Author Suzy Kassem
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Since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is always right.
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