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The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that were disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. – Richard Powers

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Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery. – Richard Powers

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I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects. – Richard Powers

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Theres no great mystery to acting. Its a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. Its about asking questions and using your imagination. – Eddie Marsan

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It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire peoples imagination, and all of them were very difficult women. – Elizabeth Wurtzel

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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. – Wislawa Szymborska

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My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk. – John Keats

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