Blinders – Quotes

To become a big

To become a big movie star like Joan Crawford you need to wear blinders and pay single-minded attention to your career. Nobody paid attention to me, including me. I was the original Cinderella girl, looking for the happy ending in the fairy story. But my fantasy prince never came. Evelyn Keyes

I put the blinders

I put the blinders on and just work as hard as I can, and hopefully I’ll just continue to be a better player. Dustin Pedroia

I’m certainly not opposed

I’m certainly not opposed to digital technology, whose graces I daily enjoy and rely on in so many ways. But I worry about our virtual blinders. Diane Ackerman

We must reinvent a

We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options. David Suzuki

At what point do

At what point do [progressives] take off our partisan blinders and start wondering whether a very powerful faction of Democrats actually continues to SUPPORT President Bush and the War in Iraq? David Sirota

I think too many

I think too many times people can get rigid in life, put our blinders on, get locked into one way of thinking, and forget that life has many flavors to savor. Dave Smalley

The writing life requires

The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be gentle with oneself. To look at the world without blinders on. To observe and withstand what one sees. To be disciplined, and at the same time, take risks. … Read more