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I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived. I believe that all the best faculties of a mature human being exist in the child.. .. that one of the most deeply human, and humane, of these faculties is the power of imagination.Unknown
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The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny.Unknown
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I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.Unknown
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Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you want to strike out in any new direction – you go alone. With a machete in your hand and the fear of God in your heart.Unknown