“Euripides seems to have felt that the dignified perfection of Sophocles could be challenged only by novelty and irresponsibility. The religious conditions of the Dionysian festival kept him within certain bounds. But within the imposed limits Euripides was as profane as he dared to be, making melodrama of the divine realities which his predecessors accepted religiously, using the stage merely as a convenience for popularizing his own eccentric values.” RealitySeemsCertainValuesFeltReligiousConditionsStageDivineLimitsPerfectionBoundsAcceptedFestivalsNoveltyConvenienceEccentricPredecessorsProfaneMelodramaIrresponsibility Author:Laura Riding
“Dancing of late years has been degraded to the narrow limits and low professionalism of mere mechanical proficiency, associated with the most frivolous... phases of the stage. But this day is fading...We are turning our gaze inward, learning to seek there the divine sources of the dance, to the end that it may flower into new and more glorious forms of beauty and wealth” YearsMayHas BeensEndsFormWealthStageDivineFlowerSourceLimitsLateLowsDancingMereGloriousThis DayPhasesInwardProfessionalismFadingFrivolousProficiencyMay Flowers Author:Ruth St. Denis
“I don't feel those limits when I'm on stage. For some reason, audiences let me get away with things. Remember, it's all comedy. Words. Thoughts. All thoughts are safe and worth exploring.” FeelsReasonRememberAudienceComedyStageSafeLimitsLet MeGet AwayExploring Author:Louis C. K.
“I push my own limits every day, every moment - in the studio, on the stage and beyond so it's truly a genuine fit.” MomentsMy OwnStageFitLimitsStudiosGenuine Author:Nas
“There's a whole range of areas that we'll be looking at, so I'm not at this very early stage going to specify any particular areas. As you will know, there will be a limit to how far we can go in terms of a formal free trade agreement until we've actually left the European Union. I think there is much that we [with Donald Trump] can do in the interim in terms of looking at how we can remove some of the barriers to trade in a number of areas.” ThinkingKnowsWholeLeftTermCan DoNumbersStageParticularTrumpLimitsAreasTradeUnionsRangeRemoveBarriersAgreementFormalEuropean UnionFree TradeTrade AgreementsInterim Author:Theresa May
“Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself.” ChallengesAbilityStageEventsJudgingDevelopmentLimitsStandardsOneselfCrucial Book:The Remains of the Day Source: The Remains of the Day