“Sometimes something will be happening in pop culture and a movie will be right there, so you'll have this perception that maybe the movie got there first. But in reality, culture gets there first.” FirstsSometimesRealityCulturePerceptionHappeningsPopsPop Culture Author:Ellen Page
“It's nice to represent to other people in the world that Americans actually do know what's happening in the world, can speak other languages and are conscientious. The perception quite often is that we don't know what's beyond our county line.” PeopleKnowsWorldSpeakLanguageLinesNicePerceptionHappeningsCountyOften Is Author:Cary Fukunaga
“For me with art and all that stuff - I like abstraction. I like contortion. I mean, it's still truth. But it's truth through the center of the individual. It doesn't necessarily mean that it's fallacies or falsehoods. It just happens to be one perception of what's happening.” MeanArtStillsHappensIndividualStuffPerceptionHappeningsFalsehoodAbstractionFallacyStuff I Like Author:Q-Tip
“I've also found that trying to be active with social media changes my moment-to-moment perceptions. Instead of feeling, "What's the deepest version of what's happening here?" I start to feel, "How can I use [or "claim"] this?".” FeelsTryingMomentsUseFeelingsFoundSocialMediaPerceptionHappeningsClaimsSocial MediaActiveVersions Author:George Saunders
“If we look at the Gulf War, the same is also true. Indeed, my work on the logistics of perception and the Gulf War was so accurate that I was even asked to discuss it with high-ranking French military officers. They asked me: 'how is it that you wrote that book in 1984 and now it's happening for real?' My answer was: 'the problem is not mine but yours: you have not been doing your job properly!'” IfsLooksBookWarRealProblemJobsAnswersMilitaryMinesPerceptionHappeningsOfficersAccurateRankingGulf WarLogistics Author:Paul Virilio