Perception : (20) " I think the perception of me can be, you know, confused. But that’s only because people only see that side of me when I’m at work, in front of the camera. So they don’t see Miranda at home; they don’t see behind the scenes. They see the glamour of it all but they don’t see Miranda standing barefoot in a dirty old house. " - Miranda Kerr " Sometimes I feel limited by people’s perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don’t look like. " - Mira Sorvino " You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. " - Diane Arbus " For a long time a lot of people thought New Orleans wasn’t a safe place and that it was very ratchet. " - Big Freedia " Invariably, when people read the headline about Martin Shkreli, they hate Martin Shkreli. When they get to know Martin Shkreli, they love Martin Shkreli. " - Martin Shkreli " I think it’s very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad. " - Ricky Williams " There are the guys that wear the white hats and they’re painting the picture of someone to wear the black hat and they chose me – even though they don’t really know me. " - Patrick Reed " I get it that the media is going to show the worst part, because that’s the part that people want to see. But they have not represented Israel or Palestine, however people want to call it, they haven’t represented it well at all. Go to the beach! You won’t know this place from California. " - GloZell " America has this understanding of Africans that plays like National Geographic: a bunch of Negroes with loincloths running around the plain fields of Africa chasing gazelles. " - Djimon Hounsou " I always loved Evander Holyfield because people think of him as a small heavyweight, but of course from the waist up he was a pretty good-sized guy, but he just had these little skinny legs and no booty and it made him look like he was small. " - Michael Buffer