#perception

After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

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In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#distinguish #experienced #experiencing #perceived #perceiving

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion. ↗

— Samuel Alito

#based #case #court #decision #i

There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy. ↗

— Harry Anderson

#guy #here #hollywood #i #perception

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection. ↗

— Alban Berg

#also #composers #disciples #enthusiasm #feeling

What is different is not necessarily dangerous, and what is similar is not always secure. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#quotes-to-live-by #death

My point in mentioning this is only to say that people who feel any sort of regret where you are concerned will suppose you are angry, and they will see anger in what you do, even if you're just quietly going about a life of your own choosing. They make you doubt yourself, which, depending on cases, can be a severe distraction and a waste of time. This is a thing I wish I had understood much earlier than I did. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#perception #regret #anger

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#bookshelf #century #delivered #middle #paper

Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#almost #important #level #more #perception

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#feeling #humor #opposite #perception