“This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.”
— Adam Smith
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We all know here that the law
“We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.”
— Jean Giraudoux
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Reading a hard copy book, and reading
“Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.”
— LeVar Burton
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Imagination is always the fabric of social
“Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.”
— Simone Weil
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To my mind the boy who gives
“To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.”
— Quintilian
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The world is not run by thought,
“The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.”
— Elizabeth Drew
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We especially need imagination in science. It
“We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.”
— Maria Montessori
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My imagination can picture no fairer happiness
“My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.”
— Clara Schumann
Author: Clara Schumann
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So much of what we do as
“So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear.”
— Diana Krall
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I am imagination. I can see what
“I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel.”
— Peter Nivio Zarlenga
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If the reporter has killed our imagination
“If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.”
— Karl Kraus
Author: Karl Kraus
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