Quote by John Berger
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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The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems to me its something that theatre can do, but its rare; its very rare. – John Berger

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Publicity is the life of this culture — in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive — and at the same time publicity is its dream. – John Berger

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Advertising is not merely an assembly of competing messages; it is a language itself which is always being used to make the same general proposal – John Berger

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I had dreams of catching the ball for the final out in the World Series and being mobbed by my teammates. Well, I guess all my dreams didnt come true. – Robin Yount

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I mean, weve all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice wont come. – Tom Hooper

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No person has the right to rain on your dreams. – Marian Wright Edelman

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One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. – E. V. Lucas

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