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Quote by Anton Chekhov
I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical

I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters. – Anton Chekhov

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There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. – Anton Chekhov

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My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it. They said that I couldnt be an actress because I would be taller than all my leading men, so I thought I would be a writer instead. – Nicole Kidman

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This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts. – Adam Smith

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When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception. – Emile Coue

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