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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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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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This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world. – 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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Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses. – David E. Kelley

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I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination. – Patty Duke

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I always know exactly where my stories take place, which gives me something certain so I can use my imagination for the other stuff. I worry though, who wants to keep reading stories about Kalamazoo? – Bonnie Jo Campbell

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Men often take their imagination for their heart and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted. – Blaise Pascal

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