“I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.” ThinkingMindHeartDifferentLife IsRolesWonderfulPerspectiveGainsOpeningHeart And MindHeart Opening Author:Uma Thurman
“It's nice to have something you think separates you from the mainstream and gives you perspective on that, but it can become very limiting at the same time if it's something you use to artificially define yourself.” IfsThinkingGivingUseNicePerspectiveMainstreamDefine Yourself Author:Dale Peck
“The network was fantastic, but you get a lot of anxiety with any production. It was very helpful to have both of us because we could back each other up. As a creator, a director and a filmmaker, you often get assaulted and you lose perspective because you have all of this pressure. It was so nice to call him and say, "What do you think?"” ThinkingLosesNicePerspectiveDirectorsAnxietyPressureProductionsCreatorFantasticFilmmakerHelpful Author:Tony Goldwyn
“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
“I think actually one of the things you learn when you get older is, things change. You get a longer perspective. I was quite depressed when I was young. I had a dark cloud hanging over me. But I always felt "this is not the end." It's always changing; it's going up, it's going down. Great things will happen.” ThinkingEndsHappensYoungFeltDarkPerspectiveCloudsGreat ThingsThings ChangeDark Clouds Author:Lukas Moodysson
“I think the difference between being miserable and finding happiness is just a matter of perspective. If you live your life defining yourself by what other people think of you, it's a form of self-torture.” PeopleIfsThinkingSelfMatterFormDifferencesPerspectiveFindingsMiserableTortureLive Your LifeDefiningThink Of YouFinding HappinessDefine Yourself Author:Sarah Silverman
“I have defended Syria for a long time, so I was admiring Syria, I have admired your president very much. I hope at some point to be able to meet him and shake his hand. I think he is the greatest man in a very difficult period, and especially with what's going on right now, in terms of Lebanon and its relations with Syria. But absolutely, even from my perspective, and it shows you how the Zionist media around the world controls and affects all of us. Even those of us who are aware of it - it's subtly affecting.” ThinkingMenWorldLongShowsHandsAbleDifficultPresidentTermMediaPerspectivePeriodsRight NowLong TimeRelationAround The WorldShakesSyriaZionistAdmiringLebanonGreatest Man Author:David Duke
“Getting your nails done with your man is so much fun. Having them help you out choosing the color, I love that. I think it's great to get a man's perspective on nails and to sit there to get your nails done with him.” ThinkingMenDoneHelpingFunColorPerspectiveNailsNails Done Author:Adrienne Bailon
“I think that covering a conflict that is personal, that influences your very own, your family, gives you some perspectives.As a journalist, when I fly in, I care about every place I go including conflicts.” ThinkingGivingCareInfluencePerspectiveConflictIncludingJournalistOur FamilyI CareCovering Author:Shaul Schwarz
“I'm a big believer of "when there is a will there is a way" but from the studio's perspective I think it just seems like a bigger leap than you can get a sort of bureaucratic move to make.” ThinkingWayBigsSeemsMovingPerspectiveBiggerStudiosBelieverLeap Author:Brad Furman
“I think that for me, as far as audience expectations and how you manage your anxiety, it helps to keep things in perspective.” ThinkingHelpingAudiencePerspectiveAnxietyExpectationsManage Author:Vince Gilligan
“The challenge I think at first consideration is always a mixture of the creative opportunity and the finances. From the studio perspective, that's what they're looking to balance.” ThinkingFirstsOpportunityChallengesCreativePerspectiveBalanceStudiosFinanceConsiderationMixtures Author:Hutch Parker
“It is wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. It challenges you to think and work on a different level. If you play with better players, you learn a lot: perspectives, intellectual arguments, new ways of thinking about things.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayDifferentPlayChallengesLevelsEnvironmentPlayerWonderfulPerspectiveIntellectualSmartArgumentNew WaysWay Of ThinkingSmart PeopleDifferent LevelsNew Ways Of Thinking Author:Marissa Mayer
“What is revealed through the psychedelic experience, I think, is a higher dimensional perspective on reality. And I use 'higher dimensional' in the mathematical sense.” ThinkingUseRealityPerspectiveHigherMathematicalPsychedelicPsychedelic Experience Author:Terence McKenna
“I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.” ThinkingLongImportantHelpingRunningPerspectiveNormalLong RunsNormal Life Author:Winona Ryder
“Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings.” ThinkingEnoughFatherSleepInspireLike YouPerspectiveGoes OnBecomingDadParentingSatisfyingThings In LifeSimplestFathers DayEnough SleepBecoming A Father Author:Hugh Jackman
“Jason [Nash] is just someone that I've known socially and through his stand-up, seeing him do different comedy shows, and I just really like him. I think he's a funny guy and he has a unique perspective on being a dad and a husband.” ThinkingDifferentShowsGuyKnownComedySeeingPerspectiveDadHusbandUniqueJasonBeing A DadComedy ShowsFunny GuyUnique Perspective Author:Busy Philipps
“I think as artists we have an opportunity to shed light and share different stories and expose different realities and inspire people and give a different perspective.” PeopleThinkingGivingDifferentStoriesRealityLightArtistOpportunityShareInspirePerspectiveShedDifferent PerspectiveDifferent Realities Author:Goapele
“I've learned a lot about doing accessories and making shoes and handbags. I don't think my perspective has really changed. The subtlety of understanding yarns, what makes a fabric what it is - I've learned technical skills and more about the craft.” ThinkingUnderstandingChangedPerspectiveSkillsShoesCraftsI've LearnedFabricSubtletyAccessoriesHandbagsYarnTechnical Skills Author:Marc Jacobs
“Naturally, in 10 years, you change as a person and you learn a lot from your mistakes. You also learn a lot about wasting time and the right way to handle things. We're not touring as much. We're not doing eight or nine months of the year, so I've got a bit more time to get a perspective on what I do. I think I've improved my songwriting. I'm every bit as enthusiastic about playing as ever and I'm still learning.” ThinkingWayYearsPersonsStillsBitsMistakePerspectiveMonthsEightNineHandleSongwritingMore TimeWasting TimeRight WayEnthusiasticTouringNine MonthsMonths Of The Year Author:Rory Gallagher
“I'm in touch with Stick players all over the world, so I have a unique perspective on what they need from a website. Stick Enterprises is a small family-run business, but they have a depth of experience and committment that's pretty rare these days. I try to make sure that all the bases are covered for them, because I think what they do is really valuable to the music world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsTryingRunningPlayerPerspectiveUniqueBasesSticksDepthValuableThese DaysEnterpriseCoveredWebsiteUnique PerspectiveSmall Family Author:Greg Howard
“I call it "the big picture effect." Getting to see earth as a small planet and to see it in that perspective, seeing it in the heavens as a planet as opposed to being down here among it, most of the people, in fact, I guess all of the people who have had that experience, shift their thinking.” PeopleThinkingFactsBigsEarthHeavenSeeingEffectsPlanetsPerspectiveBig Picture Author:Edgar Mitchell
“It's been written about as "the overview effect." All I can give you is my perspective, but most all of the people who have been in space start to see the world without boundaries. You start to think about how we can keep doing these things we're doing that are destructive of the environment and destructive of the planet. It causes you to start to think things in a quite different way than we had before.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayGivingHas BeensI CanDifferentCausesSpaceEnvironmentWrittenEffectsPlanetsPerspectiveBoundariesDifferent WaysDestructiveOverview Author:Edgar Mitchell
“Another way to think of this is there are now 6.8 billion people on this planet, and half of them weren't even born when we went to the moon, and so they don't have the perspective.” PeopleThinkingWayBornHalfPlanetsPerspectiveMoonBillionsAnother Way Author:Edgar Mitchell
“To me, racial barriers do not exist in reality. If I say that 'everyone under the sun is a member of a universal family,' you may think that I am bluffing and being idealistic. But if anyone still believes in racial differences, I think he is too backward and narrow in his perspective. Perhaps he still does not understand man's equality and love.” IfsThinkingMenBelieveMayDoeStillsRealityDifferencesSunPerspectiveMembersAnd LoveUniversalBarriersIdealistic Author:Bruce Lee
“It's difficult to keep that perspective, I think, as a parent: to know your boundaries as to what's good parenting or just projecting your own expectations on your kids. That's the hardest.” ThinkingKnowsKidsParentDifficultPerspectiveExpectationsBoundariesHardestGood ParentGood Parenting Author:Anthony Edwards
“To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.” ThinkingImportantFilmCareersPerspectiveRidiculous Author:Anthony Edwards
“I think it enriches you as a scientist to be able to see things in an artistic perspective and as an artist to see things in a scientific perspective.” ThinkingAbleArtistPerspectiveScientistArtistic Author:Masi Oka
“I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine.” ThinkingMenTryingHardSongPerspectiveHard TimesFeminine Author:Billy Corgan
“Modernism in a way, early modernism, for instance, in pictures, was turning against perspective and Europe. And all early modernism is actually from out of Europe, when you think of cubism is African, is looking at Africa, Matisse is looking at the arabesque, Oceania. Europe was the optical projection that had become photography, that had become film, that became television and it conquered the world.” ThinkingWorldWayFilmTelevisionPerspectivePhotographyEuropeInstanceProjectionModernismCubismMatisseOceania Author:David Hockney
“I always feel like I have got so much to write about, when it comes to writing for the album. I still think that even though my songs are written from my perspective, I think that all age-ranges can relate to the songs.” ThinkingFeelsWritingStillsAgeSongWrittenPerspectiveAlbumsRelateRange Author:Pixie Lott
“Being hapa, or more specifically, half-Japanese half-Euro mutt (English, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, French, Welsh, German. . .in case you were wondering), has definitely helped shape who I am. It's very cool to get to identify and learn about all these unique cultures and I think it's helped put the world in perspective.” ThinkingWorldCultureHalfWonderCasesPerspectiveShapesUniqueWho I AmScottishDutchEuroWelshVery CoolMutts Author:Kina Grannis
“I think of this a lot in the terms of books. Of course there's a big to-do culturally about e-books versus print books, sales models. The paradigm has changed but my perspective on it is that there's not going to be another paradigm to alight on because everything will continue to evolve so quickly that our brains won't be able to keep up with it.” ThinkingBookBigsAbleCoursesTermBrainChangedPerspectiveModelsEvolvePrintVersusParadigmPrint Books Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“I think it's one thing if you are turning out dozens or even a hundred stories a year, you've got to have a great supporting cast behind you. Superman had a family that developed, and it's only natural that Batman has a family of sorts that developed. I think it's a great way to keep the comics interesting and varied, to appeal to different segments of an audience, to bring new perspectives to it.” IfsThinkingWayYearsDifferentStoriesNaturalInterestingBehindsAudienceOne ThingPerspectiveHundredCastsAppealsDozenBehind YouNew Perspective Author:Michael Uslan
“I was trained to look at colour, edges, to see negative space. I honestly think my greatest influence as a writer is from Cubism - the idea of a multi-faceted, multi-perspective way of looking at things.” ThinkingWayLooksIdeasSpaceInfluencePerspectiveNegativeEdgesHonestlyColourCubismNegative Space Author:Rebecca Miller
“I think a lot of Civil War stuff is written - As they say, history is written by the victors. And one of the things that I think is fascinating about this from a purely dramatic perspective is whether someone is right or wrong, you understand where they're coming from in this.” ThinkingWarStuffWrittenPerspectiveDramaticCivil WarFascinating Author:Josh Radnor
“I am not sure how a novel changes the world. I think it alters a reader's perspective by asking him or her to see the world through another consciousness. That can perhaps cause people to see their own lives differently. Or just give a single day, a single moment, a slightly different sheen.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingDifferentMomentsCausesConsciousnessNovelPerspectiveReaderAskingNot SureChanging The WorldSingle Mom Author:Edan Lepucki
“Not to any really influential effect, but certainly there have been comments that have surprised me. It's surprising sometimes to get particular perspectives on your work, and it's enlightening sometimes to know that non-writers and readers out there have certain assumptions about everything that I both want to keep in mind and want to forget about why I write, and about the connection between me as a private person and the stuff that I think about on the page.” ThinkingKnowsWantWritingMindPersonsHas BeensSometimesCertainStuffForgetEffectsParticularPerspectiveReaderPagesConnectionsAssumptionCommentSurprisingEnlighteningInfluential Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories.” ThinkingGivingWritingStoriesStreetsPerspectiveWalkingEatingOnlineShoppingWriting StoriesOnline Shopping Author:Peter Orner
“I think the second, or outsider's, perspective can come as you layer a story. It's as though you've grabbed a secondary character and asked them, "What do you make of this guy?" and the hope is that the answer surprises you as the writer.” ThinkingCharacterStoriesGuyAnswersPerspectiveSurpriseLayersOutsidersThis Guy Author:Tom Barbash
“Some of the folks we see are in for defending themselves against their abusers, or drug charges that, because of the California state prison system, they have mandatory sentencing and life in prison for three counts of simple drug possession, or whatever. I find it not only helpful but, I think, necessary in maintaining my grounding and my perspective. Because music is such an unrealistic job to have. It's a really lucky job to have, but it's also very unrealistic.” ThinkingStatesJobsThreeSimplePerspectiveDrugLuckyMusic IsPrisonFolksPossessionCaliforniaHelpfulMaintainingAbusersGroundingPrison System Author:Thao Nguyen
“Once you make something you think it's awesome, but it's only after you listen to it for a few weeks then you actually get a proper perspective on it.” ThinkingWeekPerspective Author:Flume
“Being a dominatrix, sticking my foot up people's asses for money, necessitated that I divorce myself from any sort of objective perspective on what I was doing. In order to think about things as a writer you have to objectify your experience. I couldn't have been enacting that experience if I was objectifying it.” PeopleIfsThinkingHas BeensOrderFeetPerspectiveDivorceObjectivesAssObjectifying Author:Melissa Febos
“Though the blame cannot be placed entirely on publishers, I do think a more diverse pool of editors would go a long way toward broadening the perspective. Our role is to work together to create books that act as wide-open doors - books that allow all children to walk through and feel safe enough to stay.” ThinkingWayFeelsChildrenLongBookEnoughTogetherWalksRolesDoorsPerspectiveSafeBlameWideWorking TogetherEditorsPoolDiversePublishersLong Way Author:Jerry Pinkney
“We're used to seeing fantasy explored from a male perspective, and the way men might see sex, have sex, want sex and even be addicted to sex. But I don't think women pursuing that sexuality within themselves is something that's talked about or experienced as often.” ThinkingMenWayWantMightUsedSexFantasySeeingPerspectiveMalesSexuality Author:Tasha Smith
“A perspective that allows you to consistently make decisions based on the right set of criteria. Positivity and forward thinking. I work on that one every day, and every day I get a little better. Better at knowing that there is no obstacle that I cannot overcome. Nothing I can be faced with that I won't grow mentally stronger and wiser from having endured.” ThinkingLittlesI CanGrowsDecisionKnowingPerspectiveOvercomingStrongerPositivityObstaclesConsistentlyWiserCriteriaForward Thinking Author:Adam Rodriguez
“From a client perspective, I really think the work Microsoft's doing with Surface, with HoloLens, with Xbox, that stuff's absolutely essential to the company's future. Because innovation in the future will either be from the cloud out to all devices, or from devices as supported by software in the cloud. I think it's important for Microsoft to participate both ways.” ThinkingWayImportantStuffCompanyPerspectiveEssentialsInnovationCloudsSurfaceDevicesSoftwareClientsMicrosoftXbox Author:Steve Ballmer
“I love the fact that Satya Nadella's checked the checkbox for cross-platform for a number of our services. I still think it's very important to do the right kind of innovative integration across Windows and our hardware platforms with our cloud services. I think the company's doing a lot of good stuff. Real competition in AWS. Real competition in terms of the clients, particularly from a hardware perspective, there's also [competition] from Chrome. But all in all pretty good.” ThinkingKindStillsImportantRealFactsStuffTermNumbersCompanyPerspectiveCrossesWindowCompetitionCloudsPlatformsClientsIntegrationInnovativeHardwareChromeSatya Author:Steve Ballmer
“You can think about life as a battle between you and a doughnut shop. The doughnut shop wants you to eat another doughnut and pay the money, and you want to do it in the short term, but in the long term it's not good for you either financially or from a health perspective.” ThinkingWantLongTermPayPerspectiveBattleLong TermShopsShort TermDoughnut Author:Dan Ariely
“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