Perspective Quotes

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Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. — Jack Kemp
A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way. — Allen Klein
Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit. — Anne Lamott
While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is… — Dorothea Lange
The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture. — Ang Lee
Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls. — Adriana Lima
Most people's historical perspective begins with the day of their birth. — Rush Limbaugh
It's amazing when you see something on T.V. for years and then you go and see it in person. It's perspective is all different. — Rush Limbaugh
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. — John Locke
What we see depends mainly on what we look for. — John Lubbock
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to… — Harvey Mackay
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect. — James Madison
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. — Nelson Mandela
You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men. — Shirley Manson
The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. — Abraham Maslow
Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds. — John McGraw
With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and… — Jon Meacham
It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare… — Debra Messing
A brain hemorrhage puts it all in a deeper perspective. I'm one of those guys hit by lightning. I see the big picture. Everything is… — Bret Michaels

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