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The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly w

The human imagination… has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open. – John Berger

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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger

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A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and and not by a but. – John Berger

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What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other peoples dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats – and they in turn can listen to ours. – Henning Mankell

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I dont have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream. – Ayumi Hamasaki

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Sexual dreams arent usually about sex. – Pamela Stephenson

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You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams. – Herb Brooks

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