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Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than t

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. – Stephen Leacock

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If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – Stephen Leacock

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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. – Stephen Leacock

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It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that theres not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Ill confess right here that I secretly wish Id have drawn a strip about a little boy with a fake tiger, going for adventures throughout the universe in spaceships of his imagination. – Berkeley Breathed

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Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life. – Simone Weil

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And, as I have said, its made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits arent external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. – James Merrill

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The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes. – Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not societys dream, her own personal dream. – Barbara Bush

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Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies history has no place for them. – Norodom Sihanouk

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