“When a nation becomes obsessed with the guns of war, it loses its social perspective.... There is something about a war like this that makes people insensitive. It dulls the conscience. It strengthens the forces of reaction, and it brings into being bitterness and hatred and violence.” PeopleWarForceNationsSocialLosesViolencePerspectiveGunConscienceHatredReactionsObsessedBitternessInsensitive Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it's really about people meeting together through sports and putting aside their countries' differences for that time.” PeopleCountryWisdomRealityWould BeTogetherPoliticsSportsCommunityLeadershipDifferencesViolencePolicyPerspectiveEthicsRegardStrategyThreatMeetingsUnityHuman RightsAthleteTerrorismIdeologyForeign PolicyOlympicsDiplomacyCivilityDisobedienceCivil Disobedience Author:Brian Boitano
“I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.” NeedsFirstsHas BeensProblemCertainValuesForceRightsViolencePerspectiveOvercomingAgreeSolveSeedsPracticalsOccasionsWelfareExpenses Author:Dalai Lama
“Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment. It's an interesting phenomena and I tried to put it in perspective and tried to think through a few of the real questions that this sometimes unseemly business raises.” ThinkingRealSometimesInterestingViolenceTelevisionPerspectiveRaisesEntertainmentReal Questions Author:Bill James
“From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms of violence and injustice as well as forms of violence and injustice from other groups - some superpowers, for example, or the English Defence League, as other examples.” WellsImportantFormPoliticalCertainPrinciplesViolenceGroupsExamplePerspectiveUniversalInjusticeLeagueDefenceSuperpowerIslamists Author:Alison Assiter
“I don't ever want anyone to hear my music and look at it as just gratuitous violence, or hustling and money-getting - I try to tell the perspective of the woman, the man, the mind, why.” MenWantTryingMindLooksViolenceHe ManPerspectiveHustle Author:Pusha T
“Many entire nations are marginalised by the more powerful nations. That is causing imbalance, violence and terror. Women must do their best to introduce another perspective.” NationsPowerfulViolencePerspectiveTerrorIntroducingImbalance Author:Karen Armstrong
“I did the movie [Valley of Violence] from two perspectives. You're with Ethan [Hawke] the whole movie, but for the first half, you're really with Ethan. For the second half, you're with him, but also you're with the bad guys because he kind of becomes the bad guy. No one's really good in the movie.” FirstsKindTwoWholeGuyHalfViolencePerspectiveValleysBad Guys Author:Ti West
“It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character moments to happen. It was always meant to have these two perspectives.” TwoReasonMomentsCharacterHappensViolencePerspectivePlotValleys Author:Ti West