Perspective Quotes

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I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make belief… — Brian Evenson
Lord help me to see M. L. King as M. L. King in his true perspective. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I think itâ€™s the right moment to talk about it because it is part of a revolutionary perspective - how can we not only discover… — Angela Davis
I understand the sentiments of the Palestinians when they see the settlements being built. The meaning from the Palestinian perspective is that Israel takes more… — Tzipi Livni
We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands… — Constantin Stanislavski
Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other. — Stephen Covey
You can be affected by a person because of something particular they said or did but sometimes how a person was, a manner of being,… — Chang-Rae Lee
I know that you, ladies and gentlemen, have a philosophy, each and all of you, and that the most interesting and important thing about you… — William James
If there is anything good about exile, it is that it teaches one humility. It accelerates oneâ€™s drift into isolation, an absolute perspective. Into the… — Joseph Brodsky
Laughter can bring a new perspective. — Christopher Durang
The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory of design, arithmetic. — Lorenzo Ghiberti
I have tried at times to place humans in perspective against the vastness of universal time and space. I have been concerned with where we,… — Clifford D. Simak
One of the best sources of perspective is enemies. If we can learn from them, then we can profit from anyone. — Dan B. Allender
The world itself looks cleaner and so much more beautiful. Maybe we can make it that way - the way God intended it to be… — Roger B. Chaffee
When I was trying to popularize the concept of the Internet - ten or 15 years ago - I came up with this concept of… — Steve Case
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own. — Stephen Covey
In Spain in the meantime, Aristotelian scholar Juan Gines de Sepulveda was putting the impolitic moralizing of Las Casas into proper perspective for posterity: "Compare… — Juan Gines de Sepulveda
Once you have been confronted with a life-and-death situation, trivia no longer matters. Your perspective grows and you live at a deeper level. There's no… — Happy Rockefeller
Immigrants to America help us with the work they do. They challenge us with new ideas, and they give us perspective. This is still the… — Rudy Giuliani
We have to start looking at the world through women's eyes' how are human rights, peace and development defined from the perspective of the lives… — Charlotte Bunch

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