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- Nov 07, 2020
Eyes Quotes
What we notice, and what it says about us.
These quotes treat eyes as more than a body part, using them to talk about identity, humor, and the habit of noticing detail. One line of advice about staying observant as a writer sits comfortably next to Look quotes on the same theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was at school, you could tell the demography of children by how thin they were. You could see by looking at their eyes.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
On camera, the audience can see your eyes close up - they can see behind your eyes - and when you're on stage, you need to make sure that the person sitting in the back row can feel what's happening behind your eyes, even if they can't see them. Having a live audience is exhilarating and exciting all on its own, but you know, it is quite different.
- Desert Island
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I got to play lead with Gene Barry - a fellow who has never, ever been hard on the eyes!
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent quite a lot of time in front of the bathroom mirror. Nearby, there was a stack of books. My favorites were 'The Death of Manolete' and the cartoons of Charles Addams. I would pretend to be Morticia Addams. I was drawn to her. I used to pull my eyes back and see how I'd look with slanted eyelids.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People often think that looking in the mirror is about narcissism. Children look at their reflection to see who they are. And they want to see what they can do with it, how plastic they can be, if they can touch their nose with their tongue, or what it looks like when they cross their eyes.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're in your twenties, you're made of expectations, and when they're shattered, you don't know how to behave. The fact is if you react really outraged, you fear that you'll get dropped and feel even more terrible. But there's only a certain amount you can put up with before you become obnoxious in your own eyes, right?
- Gay Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word 'marriage.' Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian to make sure you get your equal rights? Eyes on the prize, we should be sticking to getting equal rights.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 7, I was shooting 3s with so much ease that the guys at the neighborhood park were impressed. Michael Jordan was one of the best humans to walk the earth in my eyes, third only to Jesus and my mother.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care how advanced technology gets. I don't think that there's anything that can replace looking someone in the eyes, touching their hand, you know?
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Mississippi - a state that historically was a place of racial injustice, inequality and oppression - gave me the unique opportunity to experience first-hand the evolution of the civil rights movement through the eyes of my parents, grandparents, and the black elders of our community.
- Fascists
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Republicans are defeated in 2008, God help us all because Radical Islamic fascists will do anything by any means necessary to rid the world of the 'infidels': the enemy. In their eyes, that is America.
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- Nov 07, 2020