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Quote by Henry James
The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a ce

The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master. – Henry James

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I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. – Henry James

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America
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Henry James
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If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land. – Henry James

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I have deliberately left Sylvester and Julias appearances to the readers imagination. – Mary Wesley

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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only. – Agnes Smedley

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I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, Im in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. – Juno Temple

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Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts. – Philip Roth

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What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. – A.A. Milne (1882–1956), “Lunch,” Not That It Matters

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