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Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination o

A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. – Vladimir Nabokov

Other quotes by Vladimir Nabokov

To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute. – Vladimir Nabokov

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Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know. – Vladimir Nabokov

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teacher
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Imagination
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In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts – in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma – would someday be called Congressman. – J. C. Watts

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Imagination

I suppose Im proudest of my novels for whats imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography. – John Irving

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Imagination

I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player. – Imran Khan

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Imagination

Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is. – Yvonne Craig

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Life itself is the proper binge. – Julia Child

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I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries. – Barack Obama

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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. – St Francis de Sales

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Where love is, there God is also. – Mahatma Gandhi

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