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Quote by Martha Gellhorn
It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to at

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination. – Martha Gellhorn

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After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat. – Martha Gellhorn

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Faith
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Martha Gellhorn
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Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but Im not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible are people who havent done what they wanted with their lives. – Martha Gellhorn

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Age
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Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. – Martha Gellhorn

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Truth
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Other Quotes from
Imagination
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Theres no great mystery to acting. Its a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. Its about asking questions and using your imagination. – Eddie Marsan

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Imagination

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. – G.K. Chesterton

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Imagination

If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think. – Miranda Otto

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Imagination

I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, its not imagination. Its just a way of watching. – Haruki Murakami

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Imagination

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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. – Richard Ernst

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famous

Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968, I started to think, write, and travel as someone who felt himself to be directly involved in the renaissance of Palestinian life and politics. – Edward Said

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Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. – Margaret Fuller

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