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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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A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. – 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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I only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling. – Ben Barnes

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Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands – your own. – Mark Victor Hansen

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Most new jobs wont come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. Weve got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality. – Ross Perot

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