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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"TV is chewing gum for the eyes."

"TV is chewing gum for the eyes."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

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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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"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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"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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"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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"I am really rather like a beautiful Jersey cow, I have the same pathetic droop to the corners of my eyes."

"I am really rather like a beautiful Jersey cow, I have the same pathetic droop to the corners of my eyes."

Deborah Kerr, Scottish Actress

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Wearing sunglasses at night hurts your eyes after a while."

"Wearing sunglasses at night hurts your eyes after a while."

Corey Hart, Canadian Musician

Eye, Eyes, Night

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"Many times I asked myself, 'Who is a painter in your own eyes?'"

"Many times I asked myself, 'Who is a painter in your own eyes?'"

Peter Malkin, Israeli Public Servant

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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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"I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it."

"I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it."

Laurence Olivier, English Actor

Eye, Eyes, Open

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"No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004, in which each of us has a section and we do a brief overview of our subject area."

"No, Queer Eye has a book coming out before mine, in the Spring of 2004, in which each of us has a section and we do a brief overview of our subject area."

Ted Allen, American Entertainer

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"George Reeves was really Superman in my eyes. For him to come on the set and be there was a treat for me."

"George Reeves was really Superman in my eyes. For him to come on the set and be there was a treat for me."

Keith Thibodeaux, American Musician

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"I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important."

"I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important."

Leslie Nielsen, Canadian Actor

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"I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes."

"I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes."

Karen Duffy, American Actress

Eye, Eyes, Feeling, Feet

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"I like to browse in Cartier, Chanel and Gucci and if something special grabs my eye I splash out."

"I like to browse in Cartier, Chanel and Gucci and if something special grabs my eye I splash out."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

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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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"To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward."

"To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward."

Margaret Fairless Barber, British Writer

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"The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities."

"The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities."

Benjamin Cardozo, American Judge

Eye, Eyes, Martyr

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