David Livermore Quotes
Perspective taking is taking on the perspective of others. It's what we do anytime we buy a gift for someone else ("What would they like?"). So it means breaking the golden rule ("Treat others the way you want to be treated") and instead, acknowledges that others may not want what you want.
Quotes to Explore
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Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
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You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.
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There were a lot of times I wondered if I was deluding myself. I had nothing else to fall back on, but I never enjoyed anything else.
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Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.
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In time the Rockies may crumble,Gibraltar may tumble,They're only made of clay,But our love is here to stay.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions. Quoted in PBS episode of American Masters
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Backbite, v.t. To speak of a man as you find him when he can't find you.
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If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn't work, you're a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn't sound great to me!
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Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.
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I let previous instances creep up in my thought process sometimes. I think that's where things go awry, and that's where the walks come in. I'm not giving up many hits, just putting them on base for free.
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With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names.
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Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, and by consequence of all heartfelt religion.
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Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect.
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That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.
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Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another.
Antony Sher -
I believe I had a decent year as a freshman. But that's behind me. I'm looking forward to this year to doing bigger and better things.
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Perspective taking is taking on the perspective of others. It's what we do anytime we buy a gift for someone else ("What would they like?"). So it means breaking the golden rule ("Treat others the way you want to be treated") and instead, acknowledges that others may not want what you want.
