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- Nov 07, 2020
Blinded Quotes
Sayings on losing sight, clarity, and perspective.
To be blinded here means more than losing sight physically, it stretches to how fear or passion can cloud a society's judgment. Readers may also enjoy Deception.
- Last Updated on Jul 31, 2026
- Greed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1980 I was attacked by a dog in Spain and was temporarily blinded in one eye - I thought it would end my tennis career.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I've learned by going out and playing smaller venues and being more in touch with people is getting feedback, just by virtue of being able to watch the crowd react and watch their faces instead of being blinded by 3,000 spotlights. I've realized that you can quickly get out of touch with your audience if you're not careful.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.
- Nov 07, 2020
A form of reason that in some way wished to strip itself of beauty would be diminished; it would be a blinded reason.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't feel the tusk go through me. But I did feel this sort of freight elevator coming down, popping the chicken bones, you know. It blinded me. Everything was black. It was bright noon day sun. You mustn't get walked on by elephants.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's my job to accept my youth, to spread my story, to let people know who I am as an individual, because there's so many people who are blinded and think less of me because of my skin color.
- Axiom
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- Nov 07, 2020
It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.
- Itself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don't know anything about science. The best songs have a strong dose of metaphor. Most songs about science don't have that. Like 'She Blinded Me With Science.' It's a stupid song, no offense to Thomas Dolby.
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- Nov 07, 2020