"Imagination, realm of enchantment!- which the most beneficent of beings bestowed upon man to console him for reality- I must quit you now."

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Source : Xavier de Maistre, Stephen Sartarelli (1994). “Voyage Around My Room: Selected Works of Xavier DeMaistre”, p.81, New Directions Publishing

Xavier de Maistre

#Reality Quotes #Men Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Don't plant your days they turn into weeds”
“When you think like a child your imagination is free and anything is possible.”
“You have to have a vision and know that it's worth seeing it through. Other than that, just be true to your heart.”

Source : Source: music-illuminati.com
“MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended -- including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.”
“English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to have some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it”
“Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure.”

Source : Jeff Olson, John David Mann (2013). “The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness”, p.72, Greenleaf Book Group
“I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.”
“The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions.”

Source : Paul de Man (2013). “Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism”, p.165, Routledge

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