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Quote by Lord Chesterfield
To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagi

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. – Lord Chesterfield

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The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler. – Lord Chesterfield

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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished. – Lord Chesterfield

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In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybodys torments in this world or the next laid to my charge. – Lord Chesterfield

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I think whats really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character. – Shigeru Miyamoto

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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books. – Gaston Bachelard

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Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it. – Mason Cooley

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My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner. – Andre Dubus III

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