Perspective Quotes
1797 quotes by 1428 authors
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Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of…
— Stan Brakhage
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There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.
— Eddie Bernice Johnson
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The law of love and compassion for all living creatures is again a doctrine to which we are all too ready to pay slip service.…
— U Thant
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Dreamworlds can maintain themselves only as glimpses. Once the writer transports the reader across the threshold, nothing that was promised can be delivered. What was…
— M. John Harrison
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That is all the perspective you need!
— Shepard Smith
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I think it’s very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the moment…
— Charlie Haden
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And that's the type of thing I'm trying to speak out against the most, religion controlling what we see and what we do in our…
— Marilyn Manson
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I know you are reporters and I know this is your job, but, you know, take your note pads, take your pencils down, take your…
— Maria Sharapova
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From its aptly noirish title on, Martin Preib's The Wagon has rightness of authenticity about it. From the perspective of a cop he fashions a…
— Stuart Dybek
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All cities are geological; you cannot take three steps without encountering ghosts bearing all the prestige of their legends. We move within a closed landscape…
— Ivan Chtcheglov
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Sometimes two people could look at the same picture and see different images. Position determines perspective.
— Nikki Turner
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Injection of environmental and political perspectives in midstream of the science discussion cannot help the process of inquiry. I believe that persons with relevant scientific…
— James Hansen
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A fascinating, insightful, and new treatment from the perspective of an intimately involved former Iranian senior official on Iran's nuclear program and responses to it.…
— Thomas R. Pickering
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It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to…
— Steve Case
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The ethics of excellence requires a sense of perspective. Look at the big picture. If you live for the moment you might mortgage the future?…
— Price Pritchett
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Certainly Star Wars has a valid mythological perspective. It shows the state as a machine and asks, "Is the machine going to crush humanity or…
— Joseph Campbell
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We're in a freefall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long…
— Joseph Campbell
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The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is - second…
— Larry Laudan
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You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if…
— Alan Cumming
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Many of my books are written from a female perspective. I rather enjoy the take that women have on the world, and certainly I enjoy…
— Alexander McCall Smith
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