Quote by Ian Mcewan
Politics is the enemy of the imagination. - Ian Mcewan

Politics is the enemy of the imagination. – Ian Mcewan

Other quotes by Ian Mcewan

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They werent able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. – Ian Mcewan

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Education
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I dont believe theres any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force. – Ian Mcewan

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Religion
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Imagination
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The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person. – Frank Barron, Think, November-December 1962

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Imagination

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be. – Billy Connolly

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Imagination

The openness of rural Nebraska certainly influenced me. That openness, in a way, fosters the imagination. But growing up, Lincoln wasnt a small town. It was a college town. It had record stores and was a liberal place. – Matthew Sweet

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Imagination

There are moments when a mans imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. – Edith Wharton

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Imagination

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All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet. – Stevie Smith

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