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Mostly, I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
Mostly, I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
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- Tom Waits
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- Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
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