Quote by Richard Powers
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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What we can do should never by itself determine what we choose to do, yet this is the way technology tends to work. – Richard Powers

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My goal for technology has always been to reach a point where the technological mediation becomes invisible. – Richard Powers

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The imagination is mans power over nature. – Wallace Stevens

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Castle is a guy living in a fantasy world. Hes in his imagination, writing these stories of murder. – Nathan Fillion

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I dont think that people should wear dresses two sizes too small. I just think that sexiness is better left to the imagination. Its just more tasteful. – Rachel Zoe

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My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. – John Adams

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