- Nov 07, 2020
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On perspective, distance, and seeing things clearly.
This set spans public and personal perspective, including a wary view of antagonistic government policy and historical commentary on how German trade policy once pushed other nations toward more totalitarian responses. See Life quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Greatest Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the greatest things about the book is that everything we know about 'It,' it's pretty speculative. We see it from the point of view of Loser's and that's what makes it so scary. We never get to know exactly what it is.
- Majority
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast majority of Muslims view the consumption of alcohol or pork as deeply haram.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us, and particularly young people, have a tendency to view ourselves and our natures as static: you'll choose to do something for a few years, and you'll still be the same you.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The work that I feel is most authentically mine is the one that is my first reaction, the first thing that feels like the truth. In aggregate, those choices, those series of decisions, create your point of view, your visual language.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
For nearly three years, President Obama devoted a great deal of effort to finding compromises with Congressional Republicans. That was futile, in my view, since those Republicans had made it clear from the day he was inaugurated in 2009 that their plan was to oppose everything he wanted and then paint him as a failed president.
- Federal Funding
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will withhold federal funding from universities that shut down debate and can't stand different points of view.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom is an experimental chemist and physicist, so she is a cut-and-dried, nuts-and-bolts kind of woman, and my dad is a theoretical chemist, so we were definitely raised with his philosophical point of view: imaginary numbers and dimensions beyond our own. That's the kind of thing we would talk about.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He's much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I wanted to explore all points of view of that, not just the girl's but his point of view as well. Only by directing it could I explore all the points of view.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020