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Eye Quotes

"I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes."

"I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes."

Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist

Eye, Eyes, First, Snow, Winter

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"What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross."

"What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross."

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

Eye, Eyes, Trees

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"I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes."

"I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes."

Jane Birkin, English Actress

Eye, Eyes, Wrong

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"One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing and noticing things in a normal way."

"One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing and noticing things in a normal way."

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian Composer

Eye, Mind, State

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"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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"But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic."

"But Sergio Leone invented totally the way of, you know, the details, the eyes, the hands - fantastic."

Claudia Cardinale, Italian Actress

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes."

"I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes."

Sheena Easton, Scottish Musician

Eye, Eyes, Now, Trying

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"When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes."

"When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

Eye, Eyes, Future

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"It's an ear job, not an eye job."

"It's an ear job, not an eye job."

Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant

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"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

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"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

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"The master's eye is the best fertilizer."

"The master's eye is the best fertilizer."

Gaius Plinius Secondus, Roman Author

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"Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others."

"Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others."

Richard Perle, American Public Servant

19

"I just close my eyes and think of Placido Domingo."

"I just close my eyes and think of Placido Domingo."

Birgit Nilsson, Swedish Musician

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"For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes."

"For myself, I am very small indeed in my own eyes."

Shmuel Y. Agnon, Israeli Writer

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"My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there."

"My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

Eye, Kitchen, Right, Skin

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"I like outgoing girls with a lovely smile and beautiful eyes."

"I like outgoing girls with a lovely smile and beautiful eyes."

Corbin Bleu, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Girls, Smile

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"If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush."

"If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush."

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

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"Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls."

"Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls."

Rudolf Otto, German Theologian

Eye, Eyes, Light, Mythology

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"There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with."

"There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with."

Alan Davies, British Actor

Eye, Girls, Spiders

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"I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group."

"I do like to hang out in the corner and keep my eye on the party, or be outside in a smaller group."

Sara Gilbert, American Actress

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"That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine."

"That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine."

Johnny Mercer, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Magic, Old, Witchcraft

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"Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty."

"Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty."

Henry Martyn Robert, American Celebrity

Eye, Eyes, Law, Liberty, Man

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"When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible."

"When I'm not working I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible."

Donna Summer, American Musician

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"The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled."

"The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled."

Georg Buchner, German Dramatist

Eye, Pain, Sky, Stars

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"You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open."

"You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open."

Jam Master Jay, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Open

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"My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill."

"My eye muscles hurt now when I read our MasterCard bill."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

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"A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes."

"A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes."

Alicia Keys, American Musician

Eye, Eyes, Favorite, First, Key

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"Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed."

"Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed."

David K. Shipler, American Journalist

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"The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic."

"The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none."

"He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."

"When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Eye, Eyes, Meaning, Now

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