"Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be â€˜wrongâ€™, which is what our education encourages us to believe."

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Source : Keith Johnstone (1981). “Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre”, p.80, Routledge

Keith Johnstone

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others.”

Source : Jose Emilio Pacheco (1987). “Battles in the Desert & Other Stories”, p.86, New Directions Publishing
“Basically, I get paid to be crazy. I get paid to believe I'm someone else, live in a completely false reality, and believe it's real. And that's a little scary. And I do it to the best of my ability. But it's kind of like swimming out to sea. You have to leave enough energy to swim back, and sometimes you get scared you swam too far.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Politics is largely a matter of heart.”
“Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality.”

Source : "A Private, Interior Film". Interview With Stephen Short, www.cnn.com.
“Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with thought and care, so long will it give you its aid, but look away for an instant, be heedless or forgetful, and it has you by the throat.”

Source : Kamala Markandaya (1954). “Nectar in a Sieve: A Novel”
“I feel like Obama's an Illuminati puppet. He's basically dragged this country down into the worst it's ever been. Like I say about the White House, 'You've built this house of shame'. Everybody looked up at the White House and America and now I think it's like a house of shame. I miss the old days when people were proud to be American.”
“One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.”
“If you fail to plan, you pretty much plan to fail.”

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