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Quote by Philip Roth
Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorpora

Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts. – Philip Roth

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People are unjust to anger – it can be enlivening and a lot of fun. – Philip Roth

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Literature isnt a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off the belief it inspires is what counts. – Philip Roth

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I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can. – Franz Schubert

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. – Albert Einstein

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Imagination

I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters. – Anton Chekhov

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Imagination

Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough. – Donna Brazile

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Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether. – Cyril Connolly

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Its through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others. – Alexander McCall Smith

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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. – Henry James

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For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry. – Paul Muldoon

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Poetry