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Quote by George Santayana
The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in t

The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. – George Santayana

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Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. – George Santayana

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When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

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To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. – George Santayana

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I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, its a way to get information and find out whats going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination. – Breckin Meyer

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Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Those who do not think outside the box are easily contained. – Nicolas Manetta

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Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, Just watch! – Bill Bradley

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If you cry Forward you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Dont you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions? – Anton Chekhov

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