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Vision Quotes


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


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


"Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid. And Patrick's vision was so complete there."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"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."


"There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough - there has to be vision, and the two together can make a good photograph."


"If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future."


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


"I think all photographers fit their vision to their personality."


"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."


"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."


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


"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."


"Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state."



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


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


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


"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."


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


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


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


"John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university."


"Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity."


"It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis."


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


"True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision."


"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."


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


"I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens."


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


"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."


"If we view ourselves to achieve a great life and DESIRE to fulfill our visions then we will do nothing but act accordingly regardless of the setbacks we occur on the journey. "I am a unique individual who is on the journey for greatness and things will get in my way but I will figure out away around them or just go right through them with the conviction of my 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."
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