#limits

Freedom without limits is just a word. ↗

— Terry Prachett

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Limits, like fear, is often an illusion. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them. ↗

— Rudolf Virchow

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I think the key is for women not to set any limits. ↗

— Martina Navratilova

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The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish. ↗

— Michael Porter

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Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Some people flinch when you talk about art in the context of the needs of society thinking you are introducing something far too common for a discussion of art. Why should art have a purpose and a use? Art shouldn't be concerned with purpose and reason and need, they say. These are improper. But from the very beginning, it seems to me, stories have indeed been meant to be enjoyed, to appeal to that part of us which enjoys good form and good shape and good sound. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#pushing-the-limits #art

Millions of couples out there practiced the art of sadomasochism every day, without even realizing it. They went to work, came back, complained about everything, insulted their wife or were insulted by her, felt wretched, but were, nonetheless, tightly bound to their own unhappiness, not realizing that all it would take was a single gesture, a final goodbye, to free them from that oppression. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

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Set forth no limits, keep in mind that your potential is boundless. ↗

— Sal Martinez

#boundless #empowerment #life-potential #mind #no-limits

So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists who make people stop and think, who push the form, who make you uncomfortable, who are laughable, well, they're the ones who get remembered." Idly, Jacob dug a hole in the snow with his shovel and then another one next to it. "So why wouldn't you want to join the ranks of the ridiculed? ↗

— Justina Chen

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