"To get a picture of Darla Moore, imagine, say, a cross between the Terminator and Kim Basinger, " the 1997 profile read.

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Now imagine snapping a picture of your car on your cell phone.

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Imagine that I take a picture of a new Fiat 500 through Instagram and posted it to my Facebook timeline along with my text.

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But the ability to imagine, to dream, to picture things as they might be is one of the things that is essential to civilization.

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Looking at the picture now, and knowing the story behind it, you can imagine Churchill, slightly petulant, deprived of his dummy.

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"Maybe what is interesting about my Body for Life picture is that in terms of fitness I have come close to the ideal of what people imagine a male physique should look like while at the same time missing one fourth of the limbs that you are supposed to have, " says Sundquist.

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Imagine the person who has been photographed in a compromising position at university and had the picture posted online.

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The picture of their country under Nazi power in the event of a German victory was something the Americans could imagine only with difficulty.

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