"This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our consideration."
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"I have absolutley no limits on what I intent to create."
"Resist Impulses to Label Yourself with Descriptions that Limit You in Any Way."
"You must confine yourself within the modest limits of order."
"There is a limited number of plots. There is no limit to the number of stories."
"I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form."
"For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you."
"The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism."
"Whatever appeals to the imagination, by transcending the ordinary limits of human ability, wonderfully encourages and liberates us."
"I know and see too well, when not voluntarily blind, the speedy limits opersons called high and worthy."
"Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations"
"If someone tries to put limits on the press, I'll be the first one standing up for the right of press, left and right, to continue saying and being part of the discussion and forwarding the discussion."
"Don't limit your challenges - challenge your limits. Don't spread patriotism too thin."
"Your inability to see other possibilities and your lack of vocabulary are your brain's limits, not the universe's."
"Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits."
"It is an essential attribute of the jurisdiction of every country to preserve peace, to punish acts in breach of it, and to restore property taken by force within its limits."
"I mean that gods do not limit men. Men limit men."
"Belief in limits creates limited people"
"We only learn our limits by going beyond them. I propose that we all commit ourselves to the process of Constant and Never ending Improvement."
"There are no limits on your dreams if you're willing to work for it."