#perception

It could be my downfall, but I don't think it is - Hollywood is run on perception, and if you stray off the path of what you want to do with your career, it's suicide. ↗

— Charlie Hunnam

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There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#silence #people

The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

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Perception is created and twisted so quickly. ↗

— Louis C. K.

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Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives the world by perceiving one's sense-data, or something like that. ↗

— David Chalmers

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I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on is that I can't control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#comes #control #cool #decided #early

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up. ↗

— Cat Deeley

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The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#does #knowledge #our #perception #sufficient