Perspective Quotes - Page 21

• As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.

  Xavier Becerra

  Effort, Important, Typical

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• Imaginative empathy is one of the great gifts that humans have, and it means that we can live more than one life. We can picture what it would be like from another perspective.

  Dan Chaon

  Mean, Empathy, Would Be

  Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. February 15, 2012.

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• I never thought I would get married and have kids. I thought I was going to be a gypsy actor, traveling all over the world playing the great roles. I ended up having a kid very young, and it put things in perspective.

  Bobby Cannavale

  Kids, Roles, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective.

  Gary Ackerman

  Thinking, Important, Kim Il Sung

  "Code Pink Targets Congressman Gary Ackerman's Boat". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. July 10, 2008.

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• In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.

  Helen Clark

  Government, Differences, Australia

  "New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark: In Search of a Nation's Soul". Interview, content.time.com. August 14, 2000.

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• Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the foundation of all of our Church's social teachings.

  Salvatore J. Cordileone

  Teaching, Catholic, Church

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• My husband's family is military. Preparation is just, from that family perspective, it's just a part of what makes sense to do. You buy insurance for your house; you have a go bag.

  Sarah Wayne Callies

  Husband, Military, House

  "Q&A – Sarah Wayne Callies (Lori Grimes)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. November 2010.

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• There is a reasonable concern that posting raw data can be misleading for those who are not trained in its use and who do not have the broader perspective within which to place a particular piece of data that is raw.

  Stephen Cambone

  Data, Use, Pieces

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• My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.

  Dave Davies

  World, Should

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• I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

  Hope Davis

  Giving, Stories, Love Story

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My perspective is a lil different 'cus im from Manhattan .

  Kool Moe Dee

  Different, Manhattan

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• I had the interesting experience of having lived and worked for six years in China with Procter & Gamble, and that just changes, I think, your whole perspective in living overseas and living in a country like China.

  Steve Daines

  Country, Thinking, Years

  "New members: D-E-F", www.politico.com. January 17, 2013.

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• I think everything I write is from an atheist perspective. I mean, it's partly from an atheist perspective because I'm an atheist, and I'm just not really interested in religious-based questions.

  Alex Garland

  Religious, Atheist, Writing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It slightly depends on your perspective, sort of how you look at these things, but when I sit down to write a script, I'm not planning to write a script; I'm planning to make a film, and so I only see the script as being just a step there.

  Alex Garland

  Writing, Looks, Scripts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Family businesses that have been around for generations are suddenly closing their doors, and while I'm not comparing my situation or my family's situations to theirs, the fact that my father's business, which has been around for 30 years, might not be around, it gives me a perspective that makes me want to fight even harder for a lot of people.

  Alexi Giannoulias

  Father, Fighting, Doors

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• All I can do is assess the value from Manchester United perspective. Whatever Chelsea do, they may have a different criteria, and different financial assets.

  David Gill

  Different, May, Financial

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• Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.

  Henry Anatole Grunwald

  Ornaments, Defense, Looks

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• I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral.

  Laurie Anderson

  Writing, Artist, Three

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• Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.

  Paul Anka

  Country, Pace, Canada

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• In 'The Plato Papers' I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in that sense, there's a definite similarity of purpose between a book set in the future and a book set in the past.

  Peter Ackroyd

  Plato, Book, Past

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• Human beings are the center of the universe from only one perspective, and that is our own.

  J. B. MacKinnon

  Nature, Center Of The Universe, Humans

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• Considerable obstacles generally present themselves to the beginner, in studying the elements of Solid Geometry, from the practice which has hitherto uniformly prevailed in this country, of never submitting to the eye of the student, the figures on whose properties he is reasoning, but of drawing perspective representations of them upon a plane. ...I hope that I shall never be obliged to have recourse to a perspective drawing of any figure whose parts are not in the same plane.

  Augustus De Morgan

  Country, Eye, Science

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• I don't know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It is such a beautiful experience. I so strongly recommend it. It's bliss, love, and fulfillment of another level.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Beautiful, Mother, Blessing

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• My brother is nine years older than I am. He's a psychology professor, I'm an actor, and so we look at life in two different ways. We thought it would be interesting to come together and take our unique perspectives and share them with everybody else.

  Matt Czuchry

  Brother, Unique, Years

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.

  Fred Frith

  Views, Interesting, Feelings

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