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The silhouette says a lot with very little information, but that's also what the stereotype does. — Kara Walker

I'm totally engaging in cultural stereotyping, no question about it. But I think it's OK because I'm doing it for a reason, for a good reason. — Malcolm Gladwell

Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and the peace at the same time. — Chuck D

I am a rare species, not a stereotype. — Ivan E. Coyote

I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad. — Ricky Williams

Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype. — James Earl Jones

It's not a stereotype if it's always true. — Daniel Tosh

I ended up doing amazing things with my life; I'm well-read, educated and sophisticated - and I'm not the stereotype everyone makes me out to be. — Taryn Manning

Legal immigration is a much tougher group of people to stereotype and to identify as potential new Democrat voters. — Rush Limbaugh

It took me a couple years to get over the stereotype I was letting myself get caught up on, being a football player trying to start a career in music. — Sam Hunt

I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise. — Michael K. Williams

Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession. — Cordelia Fine

The most books and movies that are handed to teenagers are filled with stereotypes. — Nat Wolff

A chic type, a rough type, an odd type - but never a stereotype — Jean Michel Jarre

We need to confront the life-killing stereotype that says we're all about suffering. We need to bear witness to our pleasures. — Harriet McBryde Johnson

When we have a narrative in mind, we often plug in anecdotes that confirm it. — Nicholas Kristof

The first domesticated animal was the scapegoat. — Yanko Tsvetkov

I know there is a stereotype that I am naive, but I know what I want, and I know what I'm doing to get there. — Dan Shechtman

There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day. — Queen Rania Of Jordan

It would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions. — Malcolm Gladwell

Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that. — Jo Brand

Every character when born is a stereotype. — Michael Patrick King

I've just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype. — Marisa Tomei

You really can't stereotype people or put them in boxes, it's unfair. — Kesha

It is an old stereotype, that homosexuality has to do only with sex while heterosexuality is multifaceted and embraces love and romance. — Vito Russo

I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy. — Kaya Scodelario

... Being the worst confirmation of the worst kind of generation gap stereotype and parental disgust for their decadent, wastoid kids — David Foster Wallace

I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path. — Eddie Huang

Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something. — Carolina Herrera

Truth is not a stereotype. — A.D. Posey

You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle. — Julian Seifter

He cannot bear the thought of being a stereotype. — Maya Lang

Something I say a lot when it comes to anti-feminist stereotypes is that they exist for a reason. — Jessica Valenti

Canadians are nice and polite. It's not just a stereotype. — Justin Trudeau

His alpha powers were strong, but she was going to be the feisty, spunky heroine stereotype and get her own way this time. — Liza Street

Don't stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group, I said. — Kim Harrison

I've always wanted to break the stereotype of being a model. — Daria Werbowy

I was starting to buy into my own sort of stereotype in a way. — Jennifer Aniston

The deepest of all the stereotypes is the human stereotype which imputes human nature to inanimate or collective things. — Walter Lippmann

If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well. — Bill Watterson

Not exactly smashing stereotypes of liberals as mincing pantywaists, the left's entire contribution to the war effort thus far has been to whine. — Ann Coulter

I do try and stay away from the stereotype and getting typecast. — Elisha Cuthbert

Stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical. — Barbara Mertz

As long as it's not an easy, outdated stereotype and it comes from an interesting or emotionally driven place, then anyone can be made fun of. — Nick Kroll

I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things. — Bobby Lee

Stereotypes wouldn't be so bad if black people were nicer, in general. — Anthony Jeselnik

Why do we have to behave like idiots to prove we're not a stereotype? Why do we have to rebel against ourselves? Enjoy the freedom to be shy — T.J. Bowes

We must shed the old stereotype of anarchists as bearded bomb throwers furtively stalking about city streets at night. — Stephen Jay Gould

The thing about stereotyping is it's usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it. — Criss Jami

All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype, — Barbara Kruger

I don't like perpetuating the stereotype of black males being drug dealers, and criminals. — Wesley Snipes

A stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it. — Kelley Armstrong

The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates. — Chris Bosh

Employment stereotypes you — Sunday Adelaja

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress. — Danica McKellar

It's awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship."
"It's awful worse luck not to. — Johnny Depp

If a man brags about his sex life he's a stud, but if a woman brags about her sex life she's a slut. — Anthony Liccione

I'm Irish yet I don't drink as I refuse to be a stereotype and live down to the expectations of others. — Stewart Stafford

When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title. — Criss Jami

Silhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings. — Kara Walker

For us as Asian-Americans, I think the bane of our existence is one stereotype - 'Sixteen Candles,' the Long Duk Dong character. — Daniel Wu

It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype. — John Amos

It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk safely by their guidance with his mind's eye closed. — John Stuart Mill

But then it was over too quickly and they pulled away. She knew they couldn't stand there and kiss like a couple on the run in a thriller. — Joss Ware

Not all 'whites' are racists. Not all racists are 'white. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself. — Hugh Downs

There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews. — Bjork

Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person that they are and not a stereotype or an image. — Loretta Lynch

I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair. — Sadie Frost

There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype. — Ezra Koenig

The traditional joke stereotype of the board is 'the unworthy appointed by the unwilling for the unnecessary'. — Bob Garratt

Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests. — Melissa Harris-Perry

We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies. — Dat Phan

Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype. — Alice McDermott

She's a sun-kissed beach girl who goes gothgrungepunkhippierockeremocoremetalfreakfashionistabraingeekboycrazyhiphoprastagirl to keep it under wraps. — Jandy Nelson

Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all. — DaShanne Stokes

Photography repeats itself unconsciously and unavoidably, producing stereotypes that then are repeated ad infinitum. — Andy Grundberg

You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens. — Jesse Ventura

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh. — Paul Merton

Im like my mother, I stereotype. Its faster. — George Clooney

There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again. — Randall Park

Definitely, I think I fulfill a very funny Indian stereotype because I love technology. It's something I've always been interested in. — Manish Dayal

Get rid of old stereotype "I am a victim — Sunday Adelaja

Pushy bottom--that's a bit of a stereotype."

"A Dom who isn't pushing--that's a bit of an oxymoron," Stunt challenged him. — Lyn Gala

You're a cop. I need a doughnut. — Jim Butcher

Englishmen were rained on too often to come up with anything that imaginative. — Natasha Pulley

Take note, Anderson. Size and martial ability do not need to come with a correlating decrease in intelligence. — Kelley Armstrong

People stereotype pop stars, but Christina [Aguilera] proves them wrong with her unique style and talent. — Sarah Michelle Gellar

Don't let people's stereotypes or stigmas or words - don't let that put you in a box. Don't let that ruin your day. — Lil B

We may print, but not stereotype, our opinions. — Richard Whately

All the heroes had crew cuts, platinum-blond wives and drove Corvettes. The media was devoted to this cult of innocence. — Rinker Buck

Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius. — Robert Hughes

Rottweilers are victims of a stereotype. They're not that bad. — Ving Rhames

When women speak up, they run the risk of violating that gender stereotype, which leads audiences to judge them as aggressive. Voice — Adam M. Grant

They're so retarded they think stereotype means typing with both hands. — Poppet

In real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse. — Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I don't think they can deal with someone being complex and contradictory; it's not acceptable, you have to be a cartoon, a stereotype. — Shirley Manson

There's nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don't fit the stereotype yet. — Haruki Murakami

Social psychologist argued that even severe mental illness was the result of society labeling unusual behavior rather than of biochemical processes. — Thomas J. Scheff

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype. — Frank Lampard