"I was walking around legally blind. Now I have 20-20 vision. I can't believe I spent so many years blurry, but I think that coincides with how I was feeling. Now I notice if people are watching me, but I also smile right back if someone waves, which helps"
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The craft here is in how she braids literal sight to emotional clarity without turning it into self-help. "I can't believe I spent so many years blurry" carries a quiet grief for lost sharpness, then she immediately connects it to mood: "I think that coincides with how I was feeling". That phrasing is careful, almost actorly in its restraint. She doesn’t diagnose herself or oversell a transformation; she implies that perception and psyche were co-producing the haze.
Then the quote snaps into the social reality of fame. "Now I notice if people are watching me" is the cost of clarity: attention becomes legible again, and legibility can feel like exposure. But Kidman pivots to agency with a small, almost tactical kindness: smiling back, waving back. It’s not naivete; it’s boundary-setting through reciprocity. In an era where celebrity often performs distance or defensiveness, she suggests a different coping mechanism: meet the gaze, don’t flinch, make it human.
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| Topic | New Beginnings |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Kidman, Nicole. (2026, January 15). I was walking around legally blind. Now I have 20-20 vision. I can't believe I spent so many years blurry, but I think that coincides with how I was feeling. Now I notice if people are watching me, but I also smile right back if someone waves, which helps. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-walking-around-legally-blind-now-i-have-153920/
Chicago Style
Kidman, Nicole. "I was walking around legally blind. Now I have 20-20 vision. I can't believe I spent so many years blurry, but I think that coincides with how I was feeling. Now I notice if people are watching me, but I also smile right back if someone waves, which helps." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-walking-around-legally-blind-now-i-have-153920/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I was walking around legally blind. Now I have 20-20 vision. I can't believe I spent so many years blurry, but I think that coincides with how I was feeling. Now I notice if people are watching me, but I also smile right back if someone waves, which helps." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-walking-around-legally-blind-now-i-have-153920/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.






