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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a c

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. – Samuel Johnson

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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. – Samuel Johnson

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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. – Samuel Johnson

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People who think my books are autobiographical, which theyre not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have a powerful imagination. – Curtis Sittenfeld

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Jehovah God is truly rich far beyond the imagination of humankind. – Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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Avatar is the greatest, most comprehensive collection of movie cliches ever assembled, but its put together in a brand new way with a new technology, and tremendous imagination, making it a true epic and a kind of a milestone. – Joe Dante

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Well, Im not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself. – Rashida Jones

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Books — the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. – George Steiner

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