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The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is

The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not? – Dennis Potter

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Children can write poetry and then, unless theyre poets, they stop when reach puberty. – Dennis Potter

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The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there must be some truth in ones own imagination. – Dennis Potter

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The knowledge that we have about what it is to be human that we have as a child is something we necessarily must lose. – Dennis Potter

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Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cooks time than now. Its amazing. – Robert Ballard

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I like pens. My writing is so amazing theres never a need to erase. – Todd Barry

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First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity. – Jerry Saltz

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