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Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is

Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin. – William Robertson Smith

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Its a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you dont have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. – Julian Schnabel

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Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together. – Jacques Maritain

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All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth. – Napoleon Hill

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The source and center of all mans creative power… is his power of making images, or the power of imagination. – Robert Collier

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