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The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South. – James Weldon Johnson

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The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere. – Terence McKenna

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Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully. – William C. Bryant

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When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination. – Ahmet Zappa

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Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses. – David E. Kelley

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