"Language exists less to record the actual than to liberate the imagination."

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Anthony Burgess

#Imagination Quotes #Records Quotes #Language Quotes

“Every US President has to have a war.”
“A real fighter never cries, never lets the weight of any blow bring him down. Except that final blow, the inevitable one, but even then they always go out like men.”

Source : J. A. Redmerski, J. Lynn, Jay Crownover (2013). “The Edge of Never, Wait For You, Rule: Scorching Summer Reads 3 Books in 1”, p.72, HarperCollins UK
“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.”
“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”

Source : 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' (1776-88) ch. 3.
“Each of us has some unique capabilities waiting for realization.”
“Did you know...that when you walk past a flower, whether it be in somebody's garden or on a vacant hillside, the flower will always smile at you. The most polite way to respond, I've been told, is to cheerfully return the smile.”
“I don't necessarily believe there's a message in the fact that I'm an African-American Republican. I think there is a message that America as a whole, we are now awake. We are looking at a political construct and we're fairly disappointed. I think the message is no matter where you come from in this country, there is great potential.”
“My favourite restaurant of all time is Mildreds on London's Lexington Street. It's a little vegetarian restaurant and is really fun and healthy, too. It was the first place I went to in London and really liked. That was 20 years ago, and it is still my favourite.”

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