#view

I must say I've always composed music from the point of view of the performers. ↗

— Walter Piston

#composed #i #music #must #performers

Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view. ↗

— Max Planck

#any #been #discovery #gone #knowledge

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club? ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#ass #better #chair #club #down

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. ↗

— Colin Powell

#denominations #different #different points #fact #gay

A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity. ↗

— Sol Wachtler

#his #husband #impunity #license #marriage

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters. ↗

— Colin Powell

#defense #i #matters #moderate #myself

Giving consumers the choice of having it all in one big bite means different viewers are in many different places in the book, making it hard to discuss without spoiling the plot. The intervals between first-run programming provide a space for communion and that tantalizing sense of anticipation. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#between #big #bite #book #choice

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#careful #certain #essential #hands #his

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#disposable #fine #growing #growing up #i

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! ↗

— Philip Pullman

#basic #british #education #english #entire