Able Quotes
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I’m very interested in sublimation. I love the way Francis Bacon talked about the grin without the cat, the sensation without the boredom of its conveyance… I’ve always wanted to be able to convey figurative imagery in a kind of shorthand, to get it across in as direct a way as possible. I want there to be a human presence without having to depict it in full.
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The culture will not be able to persist in light of the rigid systems of its own innocence.
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Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.
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What chemists took from Dalton was not new experimental laws but a new way of practicing chemistry (he himself called it the 'new system of chemical philosophy'), and this proved so rapidly fruitful that only a few of the older chemists in France and Britain were able to resist it.
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If Hillary Clinton is elected, is she going to be able to jack up taxes with virtually no deductions, and include capital gains? Unless democrats have a clean sweep of Congress, I don't think that's going to happen either.
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You have to be able to play: this is spontaneous interaction, and it flexes all the creative muscles you need as a writer. And empathy is one of those muscles.
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Sometimes when you follow your dream; it opens the door for others to be able to follow theirs.
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There are some things, once they are done, that we can never question, because if we did, we wouldn't be able to go on. And we have to go on, every single day.
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Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.
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In order to be able to reduce migration we need to be outside the European Union.
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You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can be heard. Keep things simple. Learn to go out and play solo. That's a really really good thing to learn, if you're a singer-songwriter. Don't be dependent on a band because you may not always be able to afford one.
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We must be free for the truth; and conversely, to be able to be open toward the truth may be our deepest freedom as human creatures.
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The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political "mistakes" without being subjected to governmental penalties.
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There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.
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Whenever you're doing film for television and you look at the budget that you have, which is much more constricted than a movie budget, you think, "God, are they going to be able to do what they say they are?"
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Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.
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I've learned from life experiences. If you go through certain things, you're able to pull from them.
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No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.
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Almost overnight, Albert Pinkham had gone from being barely able to keep his head above water to walking on the stuff.
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The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth.
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It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.
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It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.
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One can bear anything of which one is able to conceive.
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When I sit back in my rocking chair someday, I want to be able to say I've done it all.
