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Quote by Terry Pratchett
Ive always felt that what I have going for me is not my imaginatio

Ive always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly controlled imagination. What looks like wild invention is actually quite carefully calculated. – Terry Pratchett

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