Quote by Terry Eagleton
Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination

Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic. – Terry Eagleton

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The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South. – James Weldon Johnson

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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. – William Blake

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The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. – William Shakespeare

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Ive got quite a vivid imagination and Im easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I dont think Ive ever seen a ghost – I think Im probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones. – Florence Welch

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