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Vision Quotes

"This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the military is under his direction."

"This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the military is under his direction."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

Vision, Being, Direction, Military

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"One needs a Seer's Vision and an Angel's voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure."

"One needs a Seer's Vision and an Angel's voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure."

Sarojini Naidu, Indian Politician

Vision, Gifts, Man, Measure

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"I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it."

"I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

Vision, Extreme, World, Youth

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"When I was younger, I had big visions of changing the world."

"When I was younger, I had big visions of changing the world."

Rick Danko, Canadian Musician

Vision, Visions, World

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"I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails."

"I like to feel that all my best photographs had strong personal visions and that a photograph that doesn't have a personal vision or doesn't communicate emotion fails."

Galen Rowell, American Photographer

Vision, Emotion, Visions

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"I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the future from our Arctic resources without destroying the environment on which it is all based."

"I can see now a vision emerging how Canada is going to profit in the future from our Arctic resources without destroying the environment on which it is all based."

Brian Mulroney, Canadian Statesman

Vision, Canada, Environment, Future

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"Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for."

"Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for."

Michael F. Easley, American Politician

Vision, Choices

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"When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone, and every bit of mental energy is focused on that wine."

"When I put my nose in a glass, it's like tunnel vision. I move into another world, where everything around me is just gone, and every bit of mental energy is focused on that wine."

Robert M. Parker, Jr., American Critic

Vision, Energy, Wine, World

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"It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin."

"It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin."

Al Sharpton, American Politician

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"Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision."

"Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision."

John Naisbitt, American Businessman

Vision, First, Planning

27

"A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have."

"A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have."

Natasha Richardson, British Actress

Vision, Actor, Film

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"Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush."

"Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush."

Bill Bradley, American Politician

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"No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism."

"No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism."

Joe Slovo, South African Politician

Vision, First, Racism, Southafrican

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"In choosing any role, I ask the same questions: what kind of part is it? is the role challenging? does the director have a vision? is the story moving? etc."

"In choosing any role, I ask the same questions: what kind of part is it? is the role challenging? does the director have a vision? is the story moving? etc."

Lukas Haas, American Actor

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"As for the long-term future: I am prepared to see in this a vision, not a mystical way but in a realistic way, of a population exchange on a much more important scale and including larger territories."

"As for the long-term future: I am prepared to see in this a vision, not a mystical way but in a realistic way, of a population exchange on a much more important scale and including larger territories."

Moshe Sharett, Israeli Statesman

Vision, Population

27

"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs."

"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs."

Vance Havner, American Evangelist

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"Imagination doesn't always mean looking outside of the box, but taking a closed box and seeing a different world from within it."

"Imagination doesn't always mean looking outside of the box, but taking a closed box and seeing a different world from within it."

Lionel Suggs, American Writer

Vision, Imagination, Perspective, Creativity, Mind

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"Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film."

"Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film."

Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director

Vision, Film, First

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"The challenge is the culture. You have to have a vision for the BBC-it can't merely be that it's big and has a place in the market."

"The challenge is the culture. You have to have a vision for the BBC-it can't merely be that it's big and has a place in the market."

Jonathan Dimbleby, British Writer

Vision, Challenge, Culture

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"The point of vision and desire are the same."

"The point of vision and desire are the same."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

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"I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child."

"I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child."

Claude Debussy, French Composer

Vision, Visions

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"My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness."

"My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness."

Gregory Peck, American Actor

Vision, America, Feeling, Reflection

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"Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision."

"Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

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"Every vision has its own rainbow, The day you realise your vision you'll see your rainbow."

"Every vision has its own rainbow, The day you realise your vision you'll see your rainbow."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Vision, Goal, Life, Hope

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"Vision is the true creative rhythm."

"Vision is the true creative rhythm."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

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"When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low."

"When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low."

Ramakrishna, Indian Leader

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"I was a little lacking in vision as mayor - I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city."

"I was a little lacking in vision as mayor - I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city."

Henry Cisneros, American Politician

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"Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression."

"Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression."

Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

Vision, Expression

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"There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all parts, that is, the poet."

"There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all parts, that is, the poet."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Vision, Property, Eye, Integration

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"Look through the eyes of your highest self. What do you see?"

"Look through the eyes of your highest self. What do you see?"

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Vision, Self, Perspective, Truth

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"When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision."

"When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision."

Nick Cassavetes, American Actor

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"The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform."

"The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform."

George Steiner, American Critic

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"I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program."

"I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program."

Dana Rohrabacher, American Politician

Vision, Exploration, Participation, President

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"And part of my vision is to do dynamic videos for kids."

"And part of my vision is to do dynamic videos for kids."

Tim LaHaye, American Clergyman

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"Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead."

"Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

Vision, Limits, Memories, Yesterday

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"The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land."

"The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

Vision, Land, World

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"Only those who can see the invisible, can do the impossible."

"Only those who can see the invisible, can do the impossible."

Jeffrey Fry, American Author

Vision, Belief, Possibility, Achievement

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"Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director."

"Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director."

Tom Skerritt, American Actor

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"It is lack of vision and passion on the part of his redeemed children that keeps the nations bound in darkness."

"It is lack of vision and passion on the part of his redeemed children that keeps the nations bound in darkness."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Vision, Passion, Nations, Faith

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"I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing."

"I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing."

Bruce Babbitt, American Politician

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"We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision."

"We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision."

Ed Wood, American Director

Vision, Artist, Compromise, Want

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"Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision."

"Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

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"They have been deprived nutritionally, or some illness has not been picked up, or they have not been screened for vision or hearing defects, or they have not had some kind of a chronic illness or error of metabolism picked up."

"They have been deprived nutritionally, or some illness has not been picked up, or they have not been screened for vision or hearing defects, or they have not had some kind of a chronic illness or error of metabolism picked up."

C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant

Vision, Error, Hearing, Illness

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"You have a class of investors and you have a class of speculators. The speculators historically haven't been big enough to cause the investors to doubt the long-term vision of stock."

"You have a class of investors and you have a class of speculators. The speculators historically haven't been big enough to cause the investors to doubt the long-term vision of stock."

Jim Cramer, American Businessman

Vision, Cause, Class, Doubt

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"The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's been happening."

"The Vision Festival was packed every night, always has been for the four years it's been happening."

Joseph Jarman, American Musician

Vision, Night, Years

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"The engineering is secondary to the vision."

"The engineering is secondary to the vision."

Cynthia Ozick, American Novelist

Vision, Engineering

23

"Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision."

"Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Vision, Language, Poets, Sense

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"I have lived in the pursuit of a vision, both personal and social. Personal: to care for what is noble, for what is beautiful, for what is gentle; to allow moments of insight to give wisdom at more mundane times. Social: to see in imagination the society that is to be created, where individuals grow freely, and where hate and greed and envy die because there is nothing to nourish them. These things I believe, and the world, for all its horrors, has left me unshaken."

"I have lived in the pursuit of a vision, both personal and social. Personal: to care for what is noble, for what is beautiful, for what is gentle; to allow moments of insight to give wisdom at more mundane times. Social: to see in imagination the society that is to be created, where individuals grow freely, and where hate and greed and envy die because there is nothing to nourish them. These things I believe, and the world, for all its horrors, has left me unshaken."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Vision, Hope, Beauty, Kindness

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"Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present."

"Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present."

Rudy Giuliani, American Politician

Vision, Leaders, Present

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"There's just no vision. You have no ground, no vision."

"There's just no vision. You have no ground, no vision."

Jessi Colter, American Musician

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