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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 happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family. – Thomas Jefferson

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. – Thomas Jefferson

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Suddenly the whole imagination of writing and editorial and newspaper and all these presumptions about who am I reading this, and who else other people may be, and all that, its so grimly brutal! – Robert Creeley

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But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too much away, it takes away from the imagination. – Diana Krall

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The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of individual lives. – Mary Catherine Bateson

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What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath, seeking the divine. It persists. – Julianna Baggott

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I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. – Jim Henson

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Nowadays peoples visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will. – Robert Doisneau

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Expensive clothes are a waste of money. – Meryl Streep

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