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"In fact, their eyes sort of roll around and they kind of go, 'Hmm'- like there's something there and they don't want to talk about it. But they're not that kind when they are speaking in public."

"In fact, their eyes sort of roll around and they kind of go, 'Hmm'- like there's something there and they don't want to talk about it. But they're not that kind when they are speaking in public."

Dwight Schultz, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Fact, Public, Talk

36

"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

36

"You can tell a lot from someone's eyes."

"You can tell a lot from someone's eyes."

Lorne Michaels, Canadian Producer

35

"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

35

"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

35

"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

35

"I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better."

"I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Song

35

"For an object under the eye will appear very different from the same object placed above it; in an inclosed space, very different from the same in an open space."

"For an object under the eye will appear very different from the same object placed above it; in an inclosed space, very different from the same in an open space."

Marcus V. Pollio, American Architect

Eye, Open, Space, Will

35

"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

35

"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

34

"The plate at each point only sends back to the eye the simple colour imprinted. The other colours are destroyed by interference. The eye thus perceives at each point the constituent colour of the image."

"The plate at each point only sends back to the eye the simple colour imprinted. The other colours are destroyed by interference. The eye thus perceives at each point the constituent colour of the image."

Gabriel Lippmann, French Scientist

34

"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

34

"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

34

"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

34

"This dame keeps dragging me into the bushes. Keep your eye open, you may have to rescue me."

"This dame keeps dragging me into the bushes. Keep your eye open, you may have to rescue me."

David O. Selznick, American Producer

34

"There is only one thing I want. I would like to be seriously ill, and to hear nothing more about him for at least a week. Why doesn't something happen to me? Why do I have to go through all this? If only I had never set eyes on him!"

"There is only one thing I want. I would like to be seriously ill, and to hear nothing more about him for at least a week. Why doesn't something happen to me? Why do I have to go through all this? If only I had never set eyes on him!"

Eva Braun, German Celebrity

Eye, Eyes, Nothing, Want

33

"Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal."

"Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal."

Uma Thurman, American Actress

32

"Normal is in the eye of the beholder."

"Normal is in the eye of the beholder."

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

32

"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

31

"We found a way to make things look great to the human eye through the window of a graphical web browser without worrying about what everything looked like under the hood."

"We found a way to make things look great to the human eye through the window of a graphical web browser without worrying about what everything looked like under the hood."

Mike Davidson, American Designer

31

"A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her."

"A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

31

"Right after Dynasty ended I had a facelift and laser surgery to get rid of lines around my eyes."

"Right after Dynasty ended I had a facelift and laser surgery to get rid of lines around my eyes."

Linda Evans, American Actress

Eye, Eyes, Right

31

"Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing."

"Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

31

"But these realities will make themselves felt soon enough and while I am certainly not asking you to close your eyes to the experiences of earlier generations, I want to advise you not to conform too soon and to resist the pressure of practical necessity."

"But these realities will make themselves felt soon enough and while I am certainly not asking you to close your eyes to the experiences of earlier generations, I want to advise you not to conform too soon and to resist the pressure of practical necessity."

Felix Bloch, Swiss Scientist

Eye, Eyes, Generations, Necessity, Pressure

31

"Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and memories of the signs that it's over. It's over."

"Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and memories of the signs that it's over. It's over."

Jeff Buckley, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Memories, Thinking

31

"I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss."

"I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss."

Rutger Hauer, Dutch Actor

31

"I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them."

"I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them."

Anna Held, Polish Entertainer

31

"Queer Eye is a makeover show, meant to help our straight brethren."

"Queer Eye is a makeover show, meant to help our straight brethren."

Kyan Douglas, American Celebrity

31

"You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you."

"You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you."

James Caan, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Night

30

"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

30

"Although Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did not even attempt to explain how the simple light sensitive spot that was his starting point actually worked."

"Although Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did not even attempt to explain how the simple light sensitive spot that was his starting point actually worked."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

Eye, Light, World

30

"It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that."

"It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that."

Gene Hackman, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Man, Old

30

"You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it."

"You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Eye, Right, Silly

29

"This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted."

"This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted."

Frederick Leboyer, French Obstetrician

29

"You are in the back of your head somewhere and you want to close your eyes and go away."

"You are in the back of your head somewhere and you want to close your eyes and go away."

Marie Osmond, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Want

29

"When we opened our eyes, we saw bedrock exposed in the walls of the crater."

"When we opened our eyes, we saw bedrock exposed in the walls of the crater."

Steven Squyres, American Scientist

29

"Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them."

"Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them."

Lawrence G. Lovasik, American Clergyman

29

"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

29

"If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful."

"If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful."

Sophia Loren, Italian Actress

29

"Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide."

"Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide."

John Thaw, British Actor

28

"I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night."

"I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night."

Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman

28

"The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes."

"The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

Eye, Eyes, Glory, Name, Shame

28

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

Eye, Eyes, May, Reputation, Will

28

"It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see."

"It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see."

James Hetfield, American Musician

Eye, Fun, Games

28

"A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes."

"A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Eye, Eyes, Man, Old, Self

28

"I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die."

"I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die."

William Hurt, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Want

28

"No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is the night sky scattered thick with stars."

"No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is the night sky scattered thick with stars."

Llewelyn Powys, British Author

Eye, Eyes, Night, Provocative, Sight

27

"Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese."

"Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese."

Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

Eye, Eyes, Value

27

"Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take."

"Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take."

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Composer

27

"I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up."

"I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up."

Teresa Heinz, American Celebrity

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