I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing. – Angelina Jolie
When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it. – Andrzej Wajda
In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives like My Brother’s Keeper, I’m personally committed to changing both perception and reality. – Barack Obama
I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. – Clifford Geertz
The first Elizabeth film was an absolute travesty historically. It really was sloppy. Things like ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ and ‘The Tudors,’ people’s perception is distorted because of these. It matters to me as a historian, because I spend my life trying to get it right. – Alison Weir
It was the understanding of the power of perception that allowed the Martin Luther King, Jr. generations to stay true to the strategy of non-violence, refusing to retaliate when every emotional instinct would justify them doing so. – Burgess Owens
It’s incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be. – Alan Hansen
It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject; the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual. – Alexander Fleming
Some would suggest that there has been a dramatic change in our perception of the world and ourselves within the world. Others have observed that there has been an almost complete about-face in a relatively short span of time. – Alex Campbell
You can’t compete with hip-hop. That doesn’t mean I don’t want to be as big as a rap star. I do – I’m always competitive. But there’s this weird perception of me as someone who’s sitting around plotting like a devil. It’s not like that. – Brandon Flowers
In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests. – Chuck Close
It’s hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, ‘Is it a robot?’ and got an overwhelming no – ‘robots’ have arms and legs; they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people. – Colin Angle
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. – Anais Nin
If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I’m not frightened by anyone’s perception of me. – Angelina Jolie
In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires. – Alan Autry
I think it’s easier for the general public to embrace me in a negative way. You have people who already have a perception of me that says I’m a bad person. – Curtis Jackson
We’re heading towards a perception tipping point where it’s going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it’s way down the right road. – Cory Booker
We’re in a kind of vicious cycle where the media tell the politicians, and the politicians tell the people, that perception is reality, and the perception of saving dooms a politician. I don’t believe perception is reality, or that all Americans think that. – Amity Shlaes
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception. – Aldous Huxley
I think my iTunes is a kind of strange and embarrassing mix of show tunes and artists that I have no perception of whether or not they’re huge or not, you know? I’m the kind of person who doesn’t realize that The Arcade Fire is a big deal, but then I expect everybody to know Cocoon, and people tend to not know Cocoon. – Anna Kendrick
Artists – musicians, painters, writers, poets – always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life. – Billy Joel
You can’t rely on your own perception when it comes to anything. You can always be proved wrong. – Alison Jackson
I’m not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoons. I am commentating on the nature of how we live through photography, and how you can twist an angle to create a different perception of a person. – Alison Jackson
In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero’s role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment. – Abhishek Bachchan
I felt the most effective way to change people’s perception was through the power of images. – Alix Smith
I’m not really interested in the celebrity themselves. I’m interested in the perception of the celebrity. – Alison Jackson
When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys’ club. – Ann Leckie
Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. – Alexis Carrel