Quotes About Perspective

I discovered in writing the biography of Bill Clinton that it is actually easier to write a biography of someone who is dead. Although you can't interview them, you have a fuller perspective on their whole life after they're gone and people are more willing to talk about them.

Hey, China - a little insight into how we American women think: We're damn smart and we will willingly respond with emotion when presented with a set of facts.

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.

I think criticism, or a critical engagement with history, has a good deal to do with a willingness to be fooled.

The ability and willingness to keep two opposing views in mind at the same time are hallmarks of adulthood.

I enjoy it; my experiences abroad have taught me the importance of an open mind and have given me a willingness to wander off the beaten path - not only to keep life interesting, but also to understand in a meaningful way that things do not look the same from every vantage point.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

If I win, it's a bonus. If I lose, the sun still comes up the next day, and it's all good.

There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.

You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.

The older you get, the more you realize you cannot win on the Internet.

I think the tennis is only a game. You can lose. You can win. After that? In life, there are much more important things than tennis.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener.

I don't agree that we have to win the Champions League to be a success.

I think as you get older, you realize there's always going to be critics. Critics are going to win every time because they can change their critique based on the stats and their own personal feelings.

Like many traditional feminists, I became one of the boys, only better. For a while it gave me a buzz to win at their game, but ultimately, that kind of power just goes nowhere. Traditional feminism excludes men and so perpetuates conflict. I am not interested in warring about power.

No matter if you win or lose, the most important thing in life is to enjoy what you have.

I have realized it is more important to be happy and enjoying the life you are living - win or lose.

I don't think that if I do this or that, the team will win or lose, and so on. I just think what I can do from a given situation.

I was missing out on public school and going to the football games, prom or homecomings. But I've been to three World Championships... so I think it's like a win-win.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.