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I wanted to discover the limits of my abilities.
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The speaker wanted to find out how far their abilities could take them. “The limits” means the point beyond which their skills or capacity no longer reach. The quote expresses curiosity about personal capability and a wish to test it rather than simply assume what they can do.
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- National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board
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