#imitations

She had told Kazan that she was bored with the roles she was playing because so many of them had been basically the same kind of empty-headed characterization. She wanted nothing ore than to challenge herself with more complex parts--and also wanted others to think of her as being more than a caricature. ... Anytime she had an opportunity to broaden her mind, she wanted to take advantage of it. ↗

— J. Randy Taraborrelli

#intelligence #learning #limitations #intelligence

How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#limitations #lucidity #philosophical #philosophy #life

Because of my wealth thinkest thow I may gratify every desire? 'Tis a false idea. There are limits to my time. There are limits to my strength. There are limits to the distance I may travel. There are limits to what I may eat. There are limits to the zest with which I may enjoy. ↗

— George S Clason

#limitations #money #money

You crave winning and fear losing instead of just doing. To succeed you must remove your self-imposed limitations. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#confidence #craving #doing #limitations #loser

It's good to take a longer view and think, What would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever? ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#had #i #like #limitations #longer

Men must know their limitations. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#know #limitations #must #their

Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#care #extreme #extreme poverty #health #health care

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks. ↗

— David Friedman

#corn #dramatically #efficiency #ethanol #going

I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#arms #arms race #blocs #disarmament #i

Justice for crimes against humanity must have no limitations. ↗

— Simon Wiesenthal

#crimes #humanity #justice #limitations #must