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“Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot?” George Eliot, Middlemarch
“Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.” Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
“It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born.” James Joyce, Ulysses
“CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It’s like the tide going out, revealing what ever’s been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones. This is...” Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
“eyeglasses standardize everyone's vision to 20-20. That's an example of everyone becoming more alike. Everyone could be seeing at different levels if it weren't for glasses.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Shut your eyes and see.” James Joyce, Ulysses
“If we shadows have offended, think but this,—and all is mended,— that you have but slumber'd here while these visions did appear.” William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” Arthur Schopenhauer, Studies in Pessimism
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“History is made by men and women of vision and courage. Tonight freedom is on the march.” Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address
“And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities.” Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
“He simply felt that if he could carry away the vision of the spot of earth she walked on, and the way the sky and sea enclosed it, the rest of the world might seem less empty.” Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
“We look up at the same stars, and see such different things.” George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
“The visions we offer our children shape the future.” Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
“You must come to violent conflicts and make a noise in order to produce your sparks. But their disconnected flashes merely assist your pride, and not your clear vision.” Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World
“When I talk to graduating classes, I always tell a brief version of the story of my life and try to offer lessons everybody can use: have a vision, trust yourself, break some rules, ignore the naysayers, don’t be afraid to fail.” Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

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