Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis Bacon
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As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive. -
It will take some time before a politician will capture the imagination of the American people and have the vision and understanding to do what is necessary for a better future for the people of America and the world. -
Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste. -
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them. -
Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.
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