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Imagination

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This quotation examines the core nature of Imagination as articulated by Sargent Shriver. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Imagination provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Sargent Shriver

Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family by birth, and a member of the Kennedy family through his marriage to Eunice Kennedy. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, VISTA, Upward Bound, and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1972 presidential election.

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"You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea."

— Earl Nightingale
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"I think for anybody reading the book they're going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it's quite hard to shake."

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"You are indebted to you imagination for three-fourths of your importance."

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"Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live."

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