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Quote by Gaston Bachelard
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should s

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. – Gaston Bachelard

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One must always maintain ones connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort. – Gaston Bachelard

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Poetry is one of the destinies of speech… One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language. – Gaston Bachelard

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Atlantas my musical home. It really was the place where I really came alive. – John Mayer

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In the true sense ones native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home. – Emma Goldman

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I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it. – P. J. ORourke

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Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and its always in the form of someone homeless. Look at that guy – hes crazy. He looks dangerous. Well, hes on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home. – Eric McCormack

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