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“I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.”

Thinking Writing Opportunity My Own Fiction Limits My Own Life

Author:Wally Lamb

“The environment does not determine man's culture; it merely sets the outer limits and at the same time offers opportunities.”

Men Doe Culture Opportunity Environment Offers Limits Determine Outer Limits

Book:Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State

Source: Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State

“Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.”

Ifs Giving Opportunity Politics Power Democracy Limits Equal Reasonable Equal Opportunity

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“People who are not leaders automatically gravitate toward lines--limitations set by others. Many people are taught this in kindergarten when they are instructed to stay within the lines while coloring. But leaders are more creative than that. They look for options and opportunities. They try to take things in a new direction, or beyond the limit. Progress and innovation are made by people who think without lines.”

People Thinking Trying Looks Made Opportunity Leadership Lines Leader Creative Progress Taught Limits Innovation Limitation Kindergarten New Directions

Author:John C. Maxwell

“Not every child learns for the same purpose, not every child thrives in the same settings and schools. Limiting a child to just one opportunity does nothing more than limit that child's future. The way forward must involve more public charter schools, which offer parents a tuition-free alternative to their neighborhood school.”

Way Children Doe School Purpose Opportunity Parent Education Offers Limits Setting Settings Alternatives Just One Thrive Neighborhood Charter Tuition Way Forward Charter Schools

Author:Rick Perry

“Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.”

Science Lying Hope Opportunity Fear Limits Tragedy Strive Injustice Deeper Denial Stunting

Book:The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)

Source: The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)

“Our approach to existential risks cannot be one of trial-and-error. There is no opportunity to learn from errors. The reactive approach - see what happens, limit damages, and learn from experience - is unworkable. Rather, we must take a proactive approach. This requires foresight to anticipate new types of threats and a willingness to take decisive preventive action and to bear the costs (moral and economic) of such actions.”

“Until the sky is the limit [for women], as it is for men, men as well as women will suffer, because all society is affected when half of it is denied equal opportunity for full development.”

Men Wells Suffering Opportunity Half Sky Development Limits Equal Affected Denied Equal Opportunity Sky Is The Limit

Author:Mary Barnett Gilson

“The goal of this generation's pioneers should be to restrict procreation and limit consumption. They should also take every opportunity to make themselves happy, realizing that the key to self-generated happiness (the only reliable kind) is the refusal to take oneself too seriously.”

Should Kind Self Opportunity Goal Realizing Generations Keys Limits Oneself Consumption Refusal Pioneers This Generation Procreation

Author:Tom Robbins

“Challenge is the opportunity for greatness. People do their best when there is an opportunity to change how things currently stand. Maintaining the status quo facilitates mediocrity. Those who embrace this practice do not wish to rest on their laurels. They motivate others to exceed their limits and look for innovative ways to improve the organization.”