“Sports biography at its best. Rich in period detail, anecdote, and fresh perspective, Strong Boy paints both the good and the bad sides of success, as America's growing celebrity culture turned a simple Irish American gladiator into a national, in fact international hero. A very human story with profound parallels for our sports-obsessed culture today!” HumansFactsStoriesTodayAmericaCultureStrongSportsSidesSimpleBoysRichGrowingPerspectiveHeroPeriodsProfoundPaintInternationalDetailsObsessedBiographiesParallelsAnecdotesCelebrity Culture Author:Nigel Hamilton
“Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.” SidesObjectsPerspectiveTreatsPlanesSpheresMethodologyConesCylinders Author:Paul Cezanne
“Ourselves are cosmic and capacious beyond conjecture, and to experience some notion of the planetary perspective is the richest income from travelling. It takes all to inform and educate all. Sallies forth from our cramped firesides into other homes, other hearts, are wonderfully wholesome and enlarging. Travel opens prospects on all sides, widens our horizon, liberates the mind from geographical and conventional limitations, from local prejudices and national, showing the globe in its differing climates, zones, and latitudes of intelligence.” MindHeartHomeSidesPerspectivePrejudiceClimateNotionIncomeLocalsLimitationZoneHorizonCosmicEducateConventionalGlobesProspectsConjectureLatitude Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk
“It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.” WorldLoveMindHeartEyeSidesEmotionVisionPerspectiveMy HeartTouchedMeadows Book:The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Source: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
“After a devastating loss, your whole perspective shifts, and you're kind of in a blank space. You feel like on one side nothing matters, and on the other side a freedom because nothing matters.” FeelsKindMatterWholeSidesLossSpacePerspectiveBlankNothing MattersBlank SpaceDevastating Loss Author:Andrew Shue
“Man preys on man; and you mourn for the idle tapestry that decorated a gothic pillar, and the dronish bell that summoned the fat priest to prayer. You mourn for the empty pageant of a name, when slavery flaps her wing, ... Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave? - Hell stalks abroad; - the lash resounds on the slave's naked sides; and the sick wretch, who can no longer earn the sour bread of unremitting labour, steals to a ditch to bid the world a long good night.” MenWorldLongNightNamesSidesPrayerHellAtheismPerspectiveEmptySickSlaveryWingsSlavePositive AtheismGravesStealingBreadNakedFatsFancyLabourPriestsBellsIdlePreyTerrificGothicMournPillarsStalkingSourGood NightLashesTapestryPageant Author:Mary Wollstonecraft
“What I would argue is that real spirituality is the ability to keep encountering two opposite thoughts at the same time and still maintain some kind of morality and perspective in the world. It is not the elimination of one side of the equation or the elimination of what you don't like; it is the investigation of everything.” WorldKindStillsTwoRealSpiritualitySidesAbilityPerspectiveMoralityOppositesArguingInvestigationEquationsEliminationTwo Opposites Author:Eve Ensler
“That is a cosmic perspective, that's correct. And in tandem with that, you will never find people who truly grasp the cosmic perspective such as the entire community of astrophysicists leading nations into battle. No, that doesn't happen. When you have a cosmic perspective, there's this little speck called Earth and you say you're going to do what? You're on this side of a line in the sand and you want to kill people for what?” PeopleWantLittlesHappensEarthNationsSidesCommunityLinesPerspectiveBattleSandCosmicSpecksLines In The Sand Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“There's the whole Mad Hatter's dilemma, it was the amount of mercury that they used in the glue to make the hats. Everything was damaging. So, in terms of the Mad Hatter, looking at it from that perspective of this guy who literally is damaged goods, physically damaged, emotionally a little obtuse, and taking that and deciding that he should be - as opposed to just this hyper, nutty guy - he should explore all sides of the personality at an extreme level.” ShouldLittlesWholeUsedGuySidesTermLevelsPerspectivePersonalityAmountMadExtremesHatsGoodsThis GuyDilemmaGlueMercuryHyperNuttyDamaged Goods Author:Johnny Depp
“I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might improve if I viewed allsides of it. But the result was the same. So I went back to viewing things only from one side, which saves me a lot of work and disappointment. For it is comforting to regard something as bad and to be able to use one's prejudice as an excuse.” IfsMatterUseMightAbleSidesResultsViewsPerspectiveFairsPrejudiceRegardDisappointmentExcuseComfortingSave Me Author:Karl Kraus
“Ninety percent of those who fail are not actually defeated; they simply quit. ... As you face bad experiences, it's important for you to remember that you can rarely see the benefits while you're in the midst of them. You usually gain perspective on the other side of it.” ImportantRememberFacesSidesFailingPerspectiveBenefitsPercentGainsQuittingMidstDefeatedNinetyBad Experiences Author:John C. Maxwell
“I feel that instead of putting myself out in that light, I'd rather be on this side of the camera just to make sure that the movie, from my perspective as far as police procedures, is done properly. I got my daughters in it, that's good enough for me. Scott's got a way of talking me into things, and I told him I don't like the way he can talk me into stuff.” WayFeelsDoneEnoughLightStuffSidesTalkingPerspectiveDaughterPoliceCamerasMy DaughterGood EnoughProceduresWay Of Talking Author:Ralph Sarchie
“I hope that I have gained some wisdom, but I don't know. I have kids, and that certainly puts things into perspective. I think I'm a more patient person. I hope I'm a more patient person. I'm a little more relaxed about the peripheral side of this business, which I used to find very confusing and alarming.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesPersonsKidsUsedSidesPerspectivePatientRelaxedConfusingPatient Person Author:Cillian Murphy
“Whenever I talk to survivors [of a domestic abuse relationship] who have lived through that and are on the other side and their whole perspective on life is a complete 180, I'm just so inspired.” WholeLife IsSidesPerspectiveAbuseInspiredSurvivorDomestic Abuse Author:Kerry Washington
“All humans are part male and part female. The other side must be explored to gain complete understanding ofourselves and the world we live in. Forme, the idea of having a feminine perspective is a willingness to be vulnerable.” WorldHumansIdeasUnderstandingSidesPerspectiveGainsFemaleMalesVulnerableWillingnessFeminine Author:Billy Corgan
“I think from a major-label perspective, if you were on the flip side of things and that's the world you were used to working in, your interpretation could be, "Oh, they're having trouble writing songs," when really it's like, "No, I'm not ready to write songs, I don't want to write a song right now, if I did write a song, it would be forced."” IfsThinkingWorldWantWritingWould BeUsedSongSidesTroubleReadyPerspectiveRight NowMajorsLabelsInterpretationFlipWriting SongsNot Ready Author:Beth Ditto
“People are starting to understand the other side's perspective and that's where empathy can sort of begin - once you quit judging other people but just understand where they're coming from.” PeopleSidesJudgingPerspectiveEmpathyStartingQuittingJudging Others Author:Sterling K. Brown
“The Thorn and The Blossom can be read from either side - you can choose whether to read it from Brendan's or Evelyn's perspective first, and each one will give you a different sense of what happens in the story.” GivingFirstsDifferentStoriesHappensSidesPerspective Author:Theodora Goss
“In writing a novel, the writer must be able to identify emotionally and intellectually with two or three or four contradicting perspectives and give each of them very a convincing voice. It's like playing tennis with yourself and you have to be on both sides of the yard. You have to be on both sides, or all sides if there are more than two sides.” IfsGivingWritingTwoAbleThreeSidesVoiceNovelFourPerspectiveTennisYardsBoth SidesConvincingTwo SidesContradicting Author:Amos Oz
“Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him. He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.” PeopleNeedsMadeUseProblemSidesResultsEconomicPerspectivePromiseExpectationsVoteCleverRisingSlogansMisleadPersonal ExperiencesDissatisfactionKhomeini Author:Akbar Ganji
“You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve conflict, taking another's perspective, honesty.” PeopleWayWantHumansKidsSidesTeachHuman NatureHonestyPerspectiveSkillsConflictBehaviorEmpathyAppreciateDisagreement Author:Ross W. Greene
“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.” CultureSidesDarkPerspectiveMoonExposedDark Side Author:Ang Lee
“I understand that not everyone agrees with my perspective on Ray Kelly. But what you gotta look at here is somebody like Bill de Blasio talking out of both sides of his mouth and trying to have it both ways on a really critical issue like stop-and-frisk.” WayTryingLooksSidesTalkingIssuesPerspectiveMouthsAgreeBillsCriticalRaysBoth SidesStop And Frisk Author:Christine Quinn
“It isn't a matter of how long, or even how much you know. It's a way of looking at things, how much you see and how you think. I suppose it's, well, perspective. . . When you start seein' five sides to a four-sided object, that's when you get the gray robe.” ThinkingKnowsWayWellsLongMatterSidesFiveFourObjectsPerspectiveGrayRobes Author:Hilari Bell
“It is a matter of perspective, the difference between opponent and partner," Tsukiko says. "You step to the side and the same person can be either or both or something else entirely. It is difficult to know which face is true.” KnowsPersonsMatterFacesDifficultSidesDifferencesStepsPerspectivePartnersOpponentsEither Or Book:The Night Circus Source: The Night Circus
“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
“We are seeing the birth of a new perspective of the world, where ecology and economics are two sides of the same coin.” WorldTwoSidesEnvironmentSeeingSocietyPerspectiveBirthEconomicsGreenEnvironmentalEcologyCoinsTwo SidesNew Perspective Author:Leif Johansson