"We are taught that we can be better than we are. But is there a limit to how good we can be?"

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Source : The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.

David Bezmozgis

#Limits Quotes #Taught Quotes

“That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn people onto different things they may not be, y'know, aware of. That is what Naked City is certainly about”
“O Christian! do not falter, The harvest field is white, And many souls are sinking Into eternal night.”
“Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.”

Source : Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.17, Penguin
“When a man is willing to set aside the legitimate appetites of the body to concentrate on the work of praying, he is demonstrating that he means business, that he is seeking with all his heart, and will not let God go unless He answers.”

Source : Arthur Wallis (2011). “God's Chosen Fast: A Spiritual and Practical Guide to Fasting”, p.54, CLC Publications
“It is my belief that if you have children and you serve overseas, that if you should die, your children should get a free education.”
“I was raised in Catholic school where we were given a lot of heavy literature and a dense, weighty lyric wasn't strange to me. I didn't need everything to be light and simple for me to see the beauty in it.”
“Demographics need not be destiny. The waning West became what it is not by out-breeding the undeveloped world. We were once great not because of huge numbers, but due to human capital people of superior ideas and abilities, capable of innovation, exploration, science, philosophy.”

Source : "Beck, Wilders, and His Boosters' Blind Spot". www.ilanamercer.com. March 12, 2010.
“My songwriting and overall approach to music go beyond just good singing and strong musicality - I want people, now more so than ever, to feel something and be moved somehow by the content I create.”

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