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Quote by Gaston Bachelard
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams. – Gaston Bachelard

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Poetry is one of the destinies of speech… One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language. – Gaston Bachelard

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Poetry
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Gaston Bachelard
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Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul. – Gaston Bachelard

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Dreams
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The name Air Supply sort of came from nowhere. I get a lot of my things in dreams and I just had a dream about it one night, and I woke up and said thats just got to be the name. That was in 1975. – Graham Russell

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In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money… and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams. – Laura Miller

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Dreams

But what I was going to say was, I just figured Im going to go boldly in the direction of my dreams, say it as Thoreau would say, and just see where it takes me. – Demetri Martin

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Dreams

I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if its music, take it seriously. – Enrique Iglesias

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Dreams

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It is not much for its beauty that makes a claim upon mens hearts, as for that subtle, something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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