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"A fool is wise in his eyes."

"A fool is wise in his eyes."

King Solomon, Hebrew Royalty

Eye, Eyes, Fool

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"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human."

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human."

Loren Eiseley, American Scientist

Eye, Reflection

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"Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be "discovered" by an election."

"Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be "discovered" by an election."

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

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"Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. The rumor was I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it."

"Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. The rumor was I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it."

Benicio Del Toro, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Rumor, School

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"I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes."

"I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes."

Murray Walker, English Entertainer

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"I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open."

"I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open."

Kieran Culkin, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Open

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"Television is chewing gum for the eyes."

"Television is chewing gum for the eyes."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

Eye, Eyes, Television

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"The eye condition that I have is Marfan's Syndrome."

"The eye condition that I have is Marfan's Syndrome."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

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"Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test."

"Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Eye, Eyes, Hollywood, Teenage

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"Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It's seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part."

"Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It's seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part."

Jeffrey Wright, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Perspective, Sensitivity

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"A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet."

"A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet."

Orson Welles, American Actor

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"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes."

"Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Eye, Eyes, Man, Woman

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"As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter."

"As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter."

Cat Deeley, English Celebrity

Eye, Eyes, Feet, Smile

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"To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger."

"To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

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"Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate."

"Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Eye, Eyes, Justice

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"A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent."

"A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent."

Lawrence G. Lovasik, American Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, Gentleman, Present

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"There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open."

"There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open."

George Peppard, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Open

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"Tears are the noble language of the eye."

"Tears are the noble language of the eye."

Robert Herrick, British Poet

Eye, Language, Tears

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"Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye."

"Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

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"Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes."

"Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes."

Thomas W. Higginson, American Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, Originality

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"Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued."

"Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued."

Frank Pittman, American Psychiatrist

Eye, Eyes, Man, World

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"Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye."

"Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye."

Bill Hicks, American Comedian

Eye, Television

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"I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera."

"I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

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"There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter."

"There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter."

Joseph Smith, Jr., American Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, Spirit, Joseph Smith, Jr.

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"Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes."

"Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

Eye, Eyes, Hell, Shadows

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"No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking."

"No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking."

Ruth Benedict, American Scientist

Eye, Eyes, Man, Thinking, World

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"I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence."

"I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Eye, Eyes, Violence

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"I remember watching Jodie Foster in Contact, and that kind of opened my eyes."

"I remember watching Jodie Foster in Contact, and that kind of opened my eyes."

Joel Gretsch, American Actor

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"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract."

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Eye, Light, Mind, Will

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"I have eyes like those of a dead pig."

"I have eyes like those of a dead pig."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

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"What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye."

"What goes down on film is different to what you see with the naked eye."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

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"I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer."

"I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

Eye, Road, Want

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"All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."

"All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."

Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, Universe

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"The least touchable object in the world is the eye."

"The least touchable object in the world is the eye."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

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"An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes."

"An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes."

Cato, Roman Statesman

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"The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there."

"The most important thing in the face is the eyes, and if you can make the eyes talk, you're halfway there."

Ian Holm, English Actor

Eye, Eyes, Talk

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"Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others."

"Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others."

Ellen DeGeneres, American Comedian

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"TV is chewing gum for the eyes."

"TV is chewing gum for the eyes."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

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"Without my husband's costumes I wouldn't have known how to accomplish what I saw in my own mind's eyes for choreography. And then seeing our choreography and knowing the background of it I am sure helped my husband a great deal with what he designed for us."

"Without my husband's costumes I wouldn't have known how to accomplish what I saw in my own mind's eyes for choreography. And then seeing our choreography and knowing the background of it I am sure helped my husband a great deal with what he designed for us."

Katherine Dunham, American Dancer

Eye, HusbEyes, Mind

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"If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling."

"If I hurt someone, if I were to accidentally poke someone's eye out, I would laugh. And then I'd say, 'I'm sorry, I really do feel bad,' but then I'm on the floor rolling."

Rachel McAdams, Canadian Actress

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"I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone."

"I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone."

Conor Oberst, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Secrets

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"You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun."

"You'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

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"I can move both of my eyes separately in different directions."

"I can move both of my eyes separately in different directions."

Corbin Bleu, American Actor

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"Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!"

"Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!"

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Eye, Eyes, Open

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"I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green."

"I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green."

Jean Genet, French Dramatist

Eye, Eyes, Questions

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"His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him!"

"His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him!"

Richard Harris Barham, English Comedian

Eye, Eyes, Grammar

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"When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears."

"When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears."

Jimi Hendrix, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Forget, Play

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"If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel."

"If I could be granted a wish, I'd shine in your eye like a jewel."

Bette Midler, American Actress

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"Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic."

"Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic."

Michael Berryman, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Flattery, Imitation

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"There is less in this than meets the eye."

"There is less in this than meets the eye."

Tallulah Bankhead, American Actress

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