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Debbie Allen Actress, Choreographer, Director
Vision

"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."

Way Vision Scene
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Debra Dean Author
Vision

"I haven't written anything yet that makes me think, This is it! and I don't imagine I ever will. I don't know how it is with you, but when I finish something, even when I'm pleased with the results, it never quite matches the shimmering vision that was out ahead of me as I wrote."

Thinking Vision Never Quit
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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
Vision

"So this is it," said Arthur, "We are going to die." "Yes," said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!" He suddenly lunged across the chamber at something behind Arthur's line of vision. "What's this switch?" he cried. "What? Where?" cried Arthur, twisting round. "No, I was only fooling," said Ford, "we are going to die after all."

Waiting Vision Lines
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Vision

"You never want to have a movie be derivative, because that's the worst if you ask me. I always want to be in original material, or an original idea, or an original vision, rather than a rehash of some other movie."

Want Ideas Vision
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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Vision

"A job is how you make money. A career is how you make your mark. A calling is how you acknowledge a higher vision, whatever it may be."

Jobs Careers Vision
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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Vision

"EVOLUTIONARIES is going to help create a worldview that will influence our vision ofthe future ... and also our role in consciously participating in it."

Helping Vision Roles
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Cheryl Strayed Author, Memoirist
Vision

"I think a lot of people have the idea of an editor being someone who comes in like a dictator, and says, "You can't have that scene." And it never is like that - or perhaps some editors are like that and they're assholes, and they're not good editors. A good editor actually says, "I respect you" and they understand that you have a vision and they're actually trying to help you realize it."

People Thinking Vision
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Cynthia Carroll Business Executive
Vision

"You need mentors, people with that desire to support women and the vision to have more. We have that in Anglo American in a big way."

People Support Vision
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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
Vision

"Prophets, mystics, poets, scientific discoverers are men whose lives are dominated by a vision; they are essentially solitary men . . . whose thoughts and emotions are not subject to the dominion of the herd."

Men Vision Dominion
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Beth Grant Actress
Vision

"All of a sudden I got a vision of Guernica - Pablo Picasso's painting, which is one of my all-time favorite paintings in the world. I remember reading that it was very controversial at the time - some people said even used the word "childlike drawing" - and all of a sudden I thought, "This is like Guernica in Los Angeles!" And then it all made sense to me. It was all the elements that are the Southland."

People Reading Vision
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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
Vision

"In fact, that's where my vision of the coming digital opportunity is somewhat different from other people's. I divide it into three parts. One is the office. That's the one I'm most excited about and is the most concrete."

Opportunity Vision Office
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