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The human being is a strange mixture of blind instinct, on one hand, and conscience, on the other.

~Fidel Castro

Topics: Being Blind Conscience Hand Human Human Being Instinct Mixture Other Strange

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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Blind Fortune He Invisible Look Man See Shall Sharply She Therefore Though

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Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

~Francis Beaumont

Topics: Blind Interest Makes Others People Some Some People

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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Blind Makes Others People Self-Interest Some Some People

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I thought Daredevil was kind of cool because he couldn't do anything. I mean, he's blind. It wasn't that he could fly. His major power was an impediment. So I was intrigued. When I took over he was kind of like Spider-Man-lite, but I was able to project a lot of my Catholic imagery onto it. And I'd always wanted to do a crime comic.

~Frank Miller

Topics: Able Always Anything Because Blind Catholic Comic Cool Could Crime Daredevil Fly He His Imagery Impediment Intrigued Kind Like Lot Major Mean Onto Over Power Project Thought Took Wanted

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Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

~Friedrich Nietzsche

Topics: Blind Closes Eyes Friendship Love Love Is

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It's hard to live in a blind and aimless - or dishonest, rather - narrative when somebody in your family is going farther toward - or at least think they are and say they are - their true self.

~Gaby Hoffmann

Topics: Aimless Blind Dishonest Family Farther Going Hard Least Live Narrative Rather Say Self Somebody Think Toward True True Self Your

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Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual.

~Gao Xingjian

Topics: Any Blind Crushes Experience Grouping Individual Kind Mass Me Oppressive Political Taught

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When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.

~Gary Sheffield

Topics: Accidental Attendance Back Baseball Blind Blind Eye Came Eye Home Home Run Home Runs Knew Mania Meant Money Owners Run Runs Spike Started Sudden Turned Understood

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Humans make errors. We make errors of fact and errors of judgment. We have blind spots in our field of vision and gaps in our stream of attention. Sometimes we can't even answer the simplest questions.

~Gary Wolf

Topics: Answer Attention Blind Errors Even Fact Field Gaps Humans Judgment Make Our Questions Simplest Sometimes Spots Stream Vision

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