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People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.

~Andrea Bocelli

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Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals.

~Andrew Denton

Topics: Absolute Actions Allow Another Blind Bombs Consequences Country Drop Faith Group Hate Homosexuals Okay People Tell You

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'Blind Curve,' the book I'm working on now, sprang from a crazy incident that happened to me last year while on my book tour. I was pulled out of my car for a minor traffic violation - an incident that escalated into my being thrown into cuffs and told I was going to jail. Except in my story, the hero doesn't get off as easily as I did.

~Andrew Gross

Topics: Being Blind Book Book Tour Car Crazy Curve Did Easily Except Get Going Happened Hero Incident Jail Last Last Year Me Minor Now Off Out Pulled Story Thrown Tour Traffic Violation While Working Year

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I had always been literary, in the sense of loving poetry and discovering novels, but I found my voice, as they say, in an office full of elderly people who looked after blind ex-servicemen.

~Andrew O'Hagan

Topics: After Always Been Blind Discovering Elderly Found Full Had Literary Looked Loving Novels Office People Poetry Say Sense They Say Voice Who

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The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians.

~Angelina Grimke

Topics: Among Any Blind Blind Obedience Christians Civil Despotism Doctrine Human Human Power Obedience Ought Place Power Republicans Submission Whether

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You accumulate emotional wisdom as you get older. You know, when you're 25, you go on blind dates with people that, when you're 50, you know to stay away from.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: Accumulate Away Blind Dates Emotional Get Go Know Older People Stay Wisdom You

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Why do we let blind people and people in wheelchairs become citizens? I feel sorry for cripples, but that doesn't mean I want them in my country.

~Ann Coulter

Topics: Become Blind Citizens Country Feel Mean People Sorry Them Want Why I Feel

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The things that churned inside Daredevil were deeply religious, somewhat guilt-driven traces of the messianic, with his powers being a compensation for and driven by the vulnerability of being blind. Green Arrow is not driven by dark forces.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Arrow Being Blind Compensation Daredevil Dark Deeply Driven Forces Green His Inside Powers Religious Somewhat Things Traces Vulnerability Were

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Designers don't live in a vacuum; they are not blind to what's going on. They, too, will be inspired by what they see, and that will come out in their work.

~Anna Wintour

Topics: Blind Come Designers Going Inspired Live Out See Too Vacuum Will Work

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The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a stunt pilot's turning barrel rolls, or an inchworm's blind rearing from a stem in search of a route. At its worst, it feels like alligator wrestling, at the level of the sentence.

~Annie Dillard

Topics: Alligator Barrel Blind Blinded Book Daring Feels Level Like Love Pilot Rearing Rolls Route Search Sensation Sentence Spinning Stem Stunt Turning Worst Wrestling Writing

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