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title: "6 Reality Needs Quotes by 4 authors"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/mostly-i-straddle-reality-and-the-imagination-my-reality-needs/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

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> [You don't know reality until someone makes a fiction of it. Reality needs the completion of fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/you-don-t-know-reality-until-someone-makes-a-fiction-of-it-reality/)

[Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/)

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> [Q: What’s hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/q-what-s-hard-for-you-a-mostly-i-straddle-reality-and-the-imagination/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

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> [“Fiction has to be well researched, properly conceived and logically presented. Reality needs none of the above.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manoj-vaz/fiction-has-to-be-well-researched-properly-conceived-and-logically/)

[Manoj Vaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manoj-vaz/)

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> [The red tape for family members who want to speak to a loved one is a reality, ... The warehousing of prisoners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-bullock/the-red-tape-for-family-members-who-want-to-speak-to-a-loved-one-is-a/)

[Christopher Bullock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-bullock/)

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> [My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/my-reality-needs-imagination-like-a-bulb-needs-a-socket-my/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

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