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"One finds limits by pushing them."

"One finds limits by pushing them."

Herbert Simon, American Scientist

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"I make my own limits which are drawn according to my own taste."

"I make my own limits which are drawn according to my own taste."

Stan Sakai, Japanese Cartoonist

Limit, Limits, Taste

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"To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform."

"To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Limit, Fancy, Necessity, Will

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"When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion."

"When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion."

George Eliot, British Author

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"I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself."

"I still find it hard to push my own limits. I know where my limits are and that I always have to push myself."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

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"I have to experiment with methods and I'm trying to find an authentic way of making an equivalent of the living, breathing person within the limits of a single picture."

"I have to experiment with methods and I'm trying to find an authentic way of making an equivalent of the living, breathing person within the limits of a single picture."

Peter Wright, British Celebrity

Limit, Limits, Living, Trying

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"I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits."

"I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits."

Eberhard Weber, German Musician

Limit, Limits, Musicians, Present, Want

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"Limits are very important."

"Limits are very important."

Colin Greenwood, British Musician

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"It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself."

"It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Limit, First, Self

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"We don't have major limits in the transfer market."

"We don't have major limits in the transfer market."

David Gill, Scottish Scientist

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"Have you ever been to Glens Falls? The city limits signs are on the same post."

"Have you ever been to Glens Falls? The city limits signs are on the same post."

Bobby Heenan, American Entertainer

Limit, Limits, Post

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"I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can really push it, you can push the limits, and get away with it."

"I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can really push it, you can push the limits, and get away with it."

Sean Bean, English Actor

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"So I wonder if anything should ever be off limits."

"So I wonder if anything should ever be off limits."

Kathy Griffin, American Comedian

Limit, Limits, Wonder

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"It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be."

"It's always the minorities who aren't a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be."

Rose E. Bird, American Chief Justice

Limit, Limits, Majority

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"But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine."

"But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine."

Robert Smith, English Musician

Limit, Limits, Trying

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"I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants."

"I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants."

Giulio Andreotti, Italian Politician

Limit, Giants, Limits, Living, World

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"Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly."

"Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly."

Nolan Ryan, American Athlete

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"It helped me in the air to keep my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown."

"It helped me in the air to keep my small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown."

Diana Cooper, English Celebrity

Limit, Limits, Mind, Space

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"You cannot force a dry well to yield water."

"You cannot force a dry well to yield water."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Limit, Limits, Effort, Possibility, Reality

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"The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible."

"The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

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"Turkeys can run with eagles but cannot fly with them."

"Turkeys can run with eagles but cannot fly with them."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Limit, Turkeys, Eagles, Run, Fly

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"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours."

"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Limit, Limitations

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"My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits."

"My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits."

Isabelle Adjani, French Actress

Limit, Limits, Will

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"Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant."

"Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant."

Sidney Hook, American Philosopher

Limit, Limits, Tolerance

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