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Quote by John Burroughs
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another. – John Burroughs

Other quotes by John Burroughs

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. – John Burroughs

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History
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John Burroughs
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Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. – John Burroughs

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Men
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John Burroughs
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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see. – John Burroughs

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Thinking of You
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John Burroughs
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Reality is always the dowdy sister to Fancy. – Dr. Idel Dreimer, www.lumpenbangenpiano.com

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Reality

If I choose abstraction over reality, it is because I find it the lesser chaos. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Reality

What happens to the wide-eyed observer when the window between reality and unreality breaks and the glass begins to fly? – Author Unknown

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Reality

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. – John Lennon

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Reality

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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. – Thomas Jefferson

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The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Ive been to many funerals of funny people, and theyre some of the funniest days youll ever have, because the emotions run high. – Albert Brooks

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Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president. – Eliot Spitzer

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