Mortals are defined by limitations.
In "The Breakthrough" Ms. Ifill observes that the worldview of many older black politicians like Andrew Young was defined by limitation: "They could not eat at lunch counters.
In his lighthearted yet forthright documentary, "39 Pounds of Love," the director Dani Menkin presents a bracingly honest portrait of a man refusing to be defined by the limitations of his body.
Part road trip, part love story (Mr. Ankilewitz's unrequited feelings for his Romanian caregiver, Christina, are the primary focus of the animated segments), "39 Pounds of Love" presents a bracingly honest yet poetic portrait of a man refusing to be defined by the limitations of his body.
On the contrary, with their seemingly inexhaustible well of positive self-regard, their refusal to have their horizons be defined by the limitations of our era, they just may bear witness to the precise sort of resilience that all parents, educators and pop psychologists now say they view as proof of a successful upbringing.
In traditional design methodologies for product development materials are often considered at a later stage, resulting in only a few "good" materials being considered defined by the limitations of costs and manufacturing requirements.
Borthwick and Moy have described the genre as diverse but "...characterised by a broad set of values that eschewed rock playing styles, rhythms and structures", which were replaced by "synthetic textures" and "robotic rigidity", often defined by the limitations of the new technology, including monophonic synthesizers (only able to play one note at a time).
For most of its history the ukulele has tended to be defined by its limitations: it lacks the resonance of the guitar, the bark and twang of the banjo, and one result is a narrow range of performance styles.
At the same time, the current crop of 'cutting-edge' AI chatbots are more often defined by their limitations than by having impressively expansive conversational capacities.
The category has come a ways since the first generation, transforming from a machine defined by its limitations into a legit low-cost computing device – it's a transformation furthered by the addition of Google Play.
What I said before about your style being defined by your limitations is true.
