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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory. – Thomas Jefferson

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The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson

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If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. – Thomas Jefferson

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My books are elegiac in the sense that theyre odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. – Richard Russo

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Ellis Peterss historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an actor to acquire a sense of the period. And the other thing I think is that an actor lives in the land of imagination. – Derek Jacobi

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I think its fun to play with worlds that you can add a lot of your own imagination to. With True Blood, youre not limited by anything, there are just leaps and bounds of the imagination you can take with these characters. – Deborah Ann Woll

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The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. – William Shakespeare

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