Alan Turing
Mathematician, Logician, Cryptanalyst
"Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition."
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Boundaries
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Martin Heidegger
Philosopher
"A boundary is not that at which something stops, but that from which something begins."
T. S. Eliot
Poet, Playwright
"If you do not push the boundaries, you will never know where they are."
Jean Piaget
Psychologist, Philosopher
"I am convinced that there is no sort of boundary between the living and the mental or between the biological and the psychological. From the moment an organism takes account of a previous experience and adapts to a new situation, that very much resembles psychology."
Edwin Louis Cole
Author, Speaker
"Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures."
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"Prayers have no boundaries. They can leap miles and continents and be translated instantly into any language."
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"I know my boundaries. I know the limits to the car."
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"Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others."
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"We need to break boundaries, so every time I feel like, "Oh snap, oh my God, I don't know how this is gonna be received," I also feel this validation, like, "All the greats, all my favorites have felt this.""
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"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom."
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"I am neither of the East nor of the West, no boundaries exist within my breast."
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"Some people do have softer boundaries."
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"Every door is another passage, another boundary we have to go beyond."
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"Life can be dangerous; just let it be! When we shake off what we perceive as boundaries, that is where the bliss really is."
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"I love performing on stage the most. It's getting that instant reaction from a live audience. There are no boundaries, you can take your character as far as you want to, you can be the craziest person ever."
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"National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution."
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"I refuse to totally grow up. I've always been someone who says and does things that push politically correct boundaries."
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"You may travel far and wide but never will you find the boundaries of the soul."
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"When you are unhappy, you are just coming in touch with your own boundaries. Turn the whole situation into a prayer & you will walk through it."
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"Change the boundaries of business."
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"To feel the affection that comes from those whom we do not know ... widens out the boundaries of our being, and unites all living things."
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"If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see one small planet, just one."
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"Inability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art."
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"[L]ove, having no geography, knows no boundaries."
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"Once you see the boundaries of your environment, they are no longer the boundaries of your environment."
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