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Our Imagination Is Larger Than The World Around Us; We Go Beyond Our Limits. This Used To Be Called 'witchcraft,' But Fortunately Things Have Changed, Otherwise We Would Both Already Have Been Burned At The Stake. When They Stopped Burning Women, Science Found An Explanation For Our Behavior, Normally Referred To As 'female Hysteria.' We Don't Get Burned Anymore, But It Does Cause Problems, Especially In The Workplace. But Don't Worry, Eventually They'll Call It 'wisdom.'

-Paulo Coelho

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Our Imagination Is Larger

Paulo Coelho

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Our Imagination Is Larger Than The World Around Us; We Go Beyond Our Limits. This Used To Be Called 'witchcraft,' But Fortunately Things Have Changed, Otherwise We Would Both Already Have Been Burned At The Stake. When They Stopped Burning Women, Science Found An Explanation For Our Behavior, Normally Referred To As 'female Hysteria.' We Don't Get Burned Anymore, But It Does Cause Problems, Especially In The Workplace. But Don't Worry, Eventually They'll Call It 'wisdom.'

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