“The essay community should have hundreds of anthologies from hundreds of different perspectives that are constantly introducing us to new writers, new work, and new visions for our genre. The whole spirit of these anthologies is that there should never be a last word in how essays are interpreted or what they can be.” ShouldDifferentWholeLastsSpiritCommunityVisionPerspectiveShould HaveGenreIntroducingEssaysLast WordsDifferent PerspectiveAnthologyNew WorkNew Vision Author:John D'Agata
“I have to say that I approach every project with the same energy. I also think that, since I started producing, I see the process from a different perspective, which affects the way I jump on board immediately.” ThinkingWayDifferentEnergyProcessPerspectiveProjectsApproachBoardsDifferent Perspective Author:Olivia Wilde
“Losing all the preconceptions that I had about storytelling, about the world, you know, and learning to see the world from a different perspective. It sounds romantic, but it's not an easy process at all.” KnowsWorldDifferentEasyProcessSoundPerspectiveLosingStorytellingDifferent PerspectivePreconceptions Author:Ciro Guerra
“Mann was conscious of adopting different perspectives in different parts of the novella, but my guess is that there are plenty of passages in which the resonance of the words he chose struck him as exactly right (even though he didn't probe to discover exactly what tone or narrative device gave them that effect).” DifferentEffectsPerspectiveConsciousPlentyNarrativeToneDevicesPassagesResonanceDifferent PerspectiveAdopting Author:Philip Kitcher
“I definitely have a different perspective on music in general. But once I actually have a guitar in my hands, I think I disappear into the same black hole that I was disappearing into when I was 15.” ThinkingDifferentHandsBlackPerspectiveGuitarDisappearHolesDifferent PerspectiveBlack Hole Author:Bill Orcutt
“We all have different perspectives but we tend not to disagree with each other very often in terms of where we want to get or where we want to be. So it's been amazing working with my brothers.” WantDifferentTermBrotherPerspectiveMy BrotherDisagreeDifferent Perspective Author:Ivanka Trump
“There never was a time when we were created perfect and fell into sin and needed to be rescued. We are evolving people; we are not fallen people. We are not a little lower than the angels. We're a little higher than the apes. It's a very different perspective.” PeopleLittlesDifferentSinPerfectPerspectiveNeededHigherAngelEvolveFallenApesDifferent Perspective Author:John Shelby Spong
“I get inspired by what I go through. Experiencing all these different things we all go through like heartache, falling in love, watching a family member or a friend going through [something], and trying to write about it from a different perspective.” WritingTryingDifferentFallPerspectiveMembersFalling In LoveInspiredHeartacheDifferent ThingsFamily MembersDifferent Perspective Author:Colbie Caillat
“Each meal is an opportunity to express yourself to others, sharing a different perspective of your personality.” DifferentOpportunityPerspectivePersonalityMealsExpress YourselfDifferent Perspective Author:Margaret Chapman
“Being a woman in 2016 if very different, imagine being a woman 20 years ago, and when we talk about consent, maybe 20 years from now we'll know things about consent and examine it from a different perspective than we are now.” IfsKnowsYearsDifferentImaginePerspectiveYears AgoConsentBeing A WomanDifferent Perspective Author:Nate Parker
“If you're rooted to a spot, you miss a lot of the grace. So you keep moving, and this is the way I think the world's stories should be told - from many different perspectives.” IfsThinkingWorldWayShouldDifferentStoriesMovingGraceMissingPerspectiveSpotsRootedKeep MovingDifferent Perspective Author:Chinua Achebe
“The expectations of theory colour perception to such a degree that new notions seldom arise from facts collected under the influence of old pictures of the world. New pictures cast their influence before facts can be seen in a different perspective.” WorldDifferentFactsInfluenceTheoryPerspectiveDegreesPerceptionExpectationsNotionCastsAriseColourDifferent PerspectiveOld Picture Author:Niles Eldredge
“I think we come at it from somewhat different perspectives. You know, Donald [Trump] was very fortunate in his life, and that's all to his benefit.” ThinkingKnowsDifferentPerspectiveTrumpBenefitsFortunateDifferent Perspective Author:Hillary Clinton
“I look for people who have a slightly different perspective and are trying to move the needle a little bit and push boundaries.” PeopleTryingLooksLittlesDifferentMovingBitsPerspectiveLittle BitBoundariesNeedlesDifferent Perspective Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“The one difference I have noted is that it's made me more tender to my students and to young people particularly. It's made me mellower. I began to have a different perspective, because I may not be around much longer to be hassled by life's pressures.” PeopleMayMadeDifferentYoungDifferencesStudentsPerspectivePressureDifferent PerspectiveI May Not Be Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“Being arrested that also changed everything for me because I was suddenly seeing America from a different perspective all together. I did a couple of weeks in a county jail.” DifferentTogetherAmericaSeeingWeekChangedPerspectiveCoupleJailArrestedCountyDifferent Perspective Author:Bill Ayers
“I'm really lucky to have the kind of people I've got around me. I've got such a great group of predominantly young people, but so diverse, and they bring different perspectives to the table. They will tell me exactly what's on their mind.” PeopleMindKindDifferentYoungGroupsPerspectiveLuckyTablesDiverseDifferent Perspective Author:Hillary Clinton
“That's why we have appellate judges that are more than one judge because each of us, from our life experiences, will more easily see different perspectives argued by parties. But judges do consider all of the arguments of litigants. I have. Most of my opinions, if not all of them, explain to parties by the law requires what it does.” IfsDoeDifferentLawPartyOpinionOur LivesJudgingPerspectiveArgumentLife ExperienceDifferent Perspective Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“I think that all the spiritual training is just to be able to allow you to experience this from a slightly different perspective - one that's a little more stabilized.” ThinkingLittlesDifferentAbleSpiritualPerspectiveTrainingDifferent Perspective Author:Leonard Cohen
“The reason to have more racial diversity on any team is because it's helpful to have different perspectives on any issue. And I also believe that. It's easier said than done, unfortunately.” BelieveSaidDifferentReasonDoneIssuesTeamPerspectiveEasierDiversityHelpfulDifferent PerspectiveEasier Said Than DoneRacial Diversity Author:Megyn Kelly
“I like nudging readers into a slightly different perspective, but in a sly way - I want to be the writer who slips a stiletto in and out, to make so swift and clean a cut, it's not until a chapter ends that the reader looks down and sees she's bleeding and asks what happened.” WayWantLooksDifferentEndsAsksCuttingHappenedPerspectiveReaderDown AndCleanSlipsChaptersBleedingDifferent PerspectiveSlyStilettos Author:Kathryn Harrison
“Words and ideas can change or influence the mind just like music can - yes, like a spell. Regarding the effect of my "spells" I think it varies; my music communicates with some, and I think it has had a positive influence on the minds of those who like it. I hope it helped them see the world from a different perspective.” ThinkingWorldMindIdeasDifferentInfluenceEffectsPerspectiveCommunicateSpellsVaryDifferent PerspectivePositive Influence Author:Varg Vikernes
“It's how you tell the story that makes it new. That's what artists do. They let us look at the world from a different perspective. They let us look at birds in a way that makes us never see birds again in the same way. That's why I don't think computers are healthy for kids. They're too literal. You pop a button and a bluebird comes out. You pop another button and you can take the color blue and shove it into the outline of the bluebird.” ThinkingWorldWayLooksDifferentStoriesKidsArtistColorPerspectiveHealthyComputerBirdBluePopsButtonsLiteralOutlinesDifferent PerspectiveBluebirdColor Blue Author:Julie Taymor
“I [read] "The Book of Unknown Americans," which is by a friend of mine, Cristina Henriquez, and is about two Latino, immigrant families who live in Delaware. I'm interested in reading things from different perspectives.” TwoBookDifferentReadingMinesPerspectiveImmigrantsLatinoDifferent PerspectiveDelaware Author:Laila Lalami
“Marriage is not one point of view: it's a constant back and forth over different perspectives - a healthy marriage, anyway.” DifferentViewsPerspectiveHealthyConstantPoint Of ViewBack And ForthDifferent PerspectiveHealthy Marriage Author:Stephen Marche
“Scientific discoveries and innovation come from combining different existing technologies and different perspectives in a unique way.” WayDifferentTechnologyPerspectiveUniqueDiscoveryInnovationDifferent PerspectiveCombiningScientific Discovery Author:Charles Koch
“Innovation comes from recombining existing technology and different perspectives in innovative ways.” WayDifferentTechnologyPerspectiveInnovationInnovativeDifferent Perspective Author:Charles Koch
“My mission is to change the way people see the world. Everybody has a perspective or a lens they see things through, and hopefully I can adjust that lens or change that lens so that they see things from a different perspective, a different lens.” PeopleWorldWayI CanDifferentPerspectiveMissionsHopefullyLensesDifferent Perspective Author:LeCrae
“When you have to cast movies from a producer's standpoint - when you've been on the other side of casting sessions - you just get a completely different perspective on what that process is of getting a job for an actor. You realize how completely impersonal it is. If anything, I think it's made me a lot less sensitive. So much of this is logic and business, and it's got nothing to do with whether people are good or not. Unfortunately, I think that's one of the last things that gets factored in when you're assembling a cast.” PeopleThinkingDifferentRealizingPerspectiveLogicSensitiveDifferent Perspective Author:Max Minghella
“I think women bring a different perspective into Senate and that we tend to be more collaborative in our approach.” ThinkingDifferentPerspectiveDifferent Perspective Author:Patty Judge
“When I first got to the White House, I was super anxious all the time about not knowing the answer to every question. And Obama was actually the person who let me be me. He was like, "Alyssa's not the person who wears the Ann Taylor suit. She's not the kind of person who always says the exact right thing." And I'm a bit of a wild animal. I brought a different perspective and I was a little bit more irreverent and casual.” KindDifferentHouseAnimalPerspectiveLet MeRight ThingAnxiousDifferent PerspectiveWild AnimalIrreverent Author:Alyssa Mastromonaco
“I've spent a lot of time in my political life talking about why it matters to have women in the decision making, whether it's at the family table, whether it's in a board room, whether it's in the halls of Congress, whether it's in your community meeting. And it has to do with the fact that women's lives are different. You know? They're not better or worse than men's, but they are different and we bring that different perspective to whatever we do. And it's important to have that perspective at the table.” ImportantDifferentPoliticalCommunityDecisionPerspectiveMeetingsDecision MakingDifferent Perspective Author:Jeanne Shaheen
“There's nothing wrong with commercial art. There's nothing wrong with consumer society. There's nothing wrong with advertising. There's nothing wrong with shopping and spending money and being paid. There's nothing wrong with any of these things. These are things we do. I just think it's important to look at them from a different perspective - to see how bizarre and banal these rituals we partake in are. It's just important to think about them, I think, and to carry on. Life is about retrospection, and I think that goes for every facet of life.” ThinkingArtImportantDifferentPerspectiveAdvertisingRitualBizarreDifferent PerspectiveSpending Money Author:Chloe Wise
“Often, very talented technical people find it extraordinarily difficult to take the viewpoint of customers, who are often ignorant about the technology and who may have strong and perhaps incorrect prejudices about it. The technical people may believe, deep down, that they know better what customers "should" need. Customers, of course, have a different perspective. They want products that will solve customer problems and provide other customer benefits, and will do so without undue risk or cost. Not infrequently, customers view advanced technology itself as a risk.” PeopleBelieveDifferentProblemStrongDifficultTechnologyRiskPerspectivePrejudiceIgnorantDifferent Perspective Author:Barbara Bund
“Danny DeVito knows about the business from many different perspectives, because he is a producer and director as well as an actor. At one point we were on the set late at night and he said: 'come here I want to brush your hair'. I said 'ok'. He sat there brushing my hair and told me that his job before becoming an actor was as a hair stylist in Manhattan. I said "what?" But it is true.” DifferentNightPerspectiveProducersSatDifferent Perspective Author:Kristin Davis
“When so many of our dreams had come true and yet I still saw that so many of my friends were in a lot of pain... I saw their pain from a different perspective and realized that I can't just sing my way out of all this suffering. I have to try to understand human nature and myself and the nature of suffering and a lot of these other issues on a deeper level.” TryingDifferentDreamPainSufferingHuman NaturePerspectiveMy WayDifferent Perspective Author:Jeff Mangum
“I try to get my subconscious to puke out as much stuff as I can because I'm really not judging myself while making music. If I crave a frequency in the mid, I'll just drag in a sound and try to mold it into what feels right. It happens very quickly. And if I've been making a piece of music for five hours and it sucks, I'll just throw it away. There has to be an entry point to learn about myself, or an idea I've never tried, because then I can try on a new skin and see the world through a different perspective. If I have that spark, then I'll save the file.” WorldTryingDifferentHoursJudgingPerspectiveSkinsSubconsciousDifferent PerspectivePuke Author:Arca
“I remember researching a really complicated article and having trouble keeping track of all the different perspectives. I ended up drawing a diagram to help myself follow how the ideas were interrelated. I looked at the diagram when I had finished and thought, "Oh, maybe I don't need to write the article now - maybe I've done my job as a journalist. I can convey my understanding through the diagram."” WritingDifferentDoneHelpingRememberUnderstandingTroublePerspectiveTrackComplicatedJournalistDifferent Perspective Author:David Mccandless
“As women have played an increasingly important role in politics, there is no question that they've brought a different perspective, focusing attention on a broader set of issues and building alliances with other women.” ImportantDifferentAttentionRolesIssuesBuildingPerspectiveAlliancesDifferent Perspective Author:Dee Dee Myers
“You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign correspondent begins to understand poverty from a different perspective.” NeedsHumansDifferentBigsCitiesPovertyConditionsCrimePerspectiveBeatsHuman ConditionCoveringDifferent PerspectiveBig CitiesBeirut Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.” MeanDifferentMovingGivenStylePerspectiveBecomingNbaChicagoThings ChangeMiamiDifferent PerspectiveMilwaukee Author:Dwyane Wade
“Truth is truth, you are who you are, and though your viewpoint might change, and though you might possess a different perspective about something, your heart and what you believe and who you are inside is only ever you...and you have to follow your heart, you have to believe what you're doing is right, and no matter what anyone might say or think or do you have to trust yourself to make the right decision.” ThinkingBelieveHeartDifferentMatterMightDecisionPerspectiveTruth IsNo Matter WhatWho You AreFollow Your HeartTrust YourselfViewpointsDifferent PerspectiveRight DecisionMake The Right Decision Author:R.J. Ellory
“I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.” YearsKindMeanDifferentSchoolWonderfulPerspectiveOceanHigh SchoolYears AgoQuittingExpertsSurfingDifferent PerspectivePerspective On Things Author:Jeff Bridges
“Whenever humanity seems condemned to heaviness, I think I should fly like Perseus into a different space. I don't mean escaping into dreams or into the irrational. I mean that I have to change my approach, look at the world from a different perspective, with a different logic and with fresh methods of cognition and verification.” ThinkingWorldShouldBelieveLooksMeanDifferentDreamSeemsHumanityI BelieveSpaceCryPerspectiveBattleApproachLogicMethodIrrationalEscapingCognitionDifferent PerspectiveWholeheartedlyHeavinessVerificationBattle CryPerseus Author:Italo Calvino
“One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.” WayLifeGivingLooksDifferentWisdomMightChoicesUnderstandingAbilityPerspectiveConsequenceOne WayDifferent PerspectiveAbility To SeeNoticer Book:The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs is a Little Perspective Source: The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs is a Little Perspective
“LSD was an incredible experience. Not that I’m recommending it for anybody else; but for me it kind of – it hammered home to me that reality was not a fixed thing. That the reality that we saw about us every day was one reality, and a valid one – but that there were others, different perspectives where different things have meaning that were just as valid. That had a profound effect on me.” KindDifferentHomeRealitySawsEffectsPerspectiveProfoundIncrediblesFixedDifferent ThingsPsychedelicDifferent PerspectiveLsdHammered Author:Alan Moore
“Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows or slamming doors? The British author G.K. Chesterton summarized the role of fantasy very well. He said its purpose was to take the everyday, commonplace world and lift it up and turn it around and show it to us from a different perspective, so that once again we see it for the first time and realize how marvelous it is. Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that make us human.” WorldWayFirstsHumansWellsSaidDifferentStoriesShowsPurposeTurnsWaitingRealizingAbilityRolesFantasyDoorsPerspectiveSkillsFirst TimeWindowEverydayBritishOpeningLiftsDifferent WaysMarvelousCommonplaceEscapingEscapismDifferent PerspectiveSlamming Doors Author:Terry Pratchett
“Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.” MenWellsIdeasDifferentMightSidesHonestPerspectiveArmyAlternativesConfusedWickedConsideringSkepticHonest ManDifferent PerspectiveConflicting Ideas Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Thanks to these eyes...I came to understand how cruel and despicable people can be. But that also allowed me to appreciate true beauty. All you have to do is appreciate things from a different perspective Once I realized the things we take for granted are really miracles, I came to see everything in it's precious, empheral beauty. ..... I love this world.” PeopleWorldDifferentEyeThis WorldPerspectiveAppreciateMiracleI RealizedThanksGrantedTrue BeautyDifferent PerspectiveDespicableThese EyesThings We Take For Granted Author:Jun Mochizuki
“You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.” PeopleDifferentTeamPerspectivePersonalityDifferent PeoplesDifferent PerspectiveTwo Personalities Author:Steve Case