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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ↗

— Jerome Bruner

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Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

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You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really. ↗

— Martin Fleischmann

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But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles. ↗

— Anil Kapoor

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Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words. ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

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Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt. ↗

— Alex North

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I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

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Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

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Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us. ↗