Ability Quotes
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The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not suffice. The proof of that is the ability of a dictator to snuff out the life of a writer.
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This backlog affects not just the ability to identify and convict the guilty, but it also affects our ability to identify the innocent.
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I no longer need to rule the world, Chay-Ara. I now have the ability to change it.
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I believe in wishes and in a person's ability to make a wish come true, I really do. And a wish is more than a wish.. it's a goal that your conscience and subconscience can help make reality.
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Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability
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Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
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We need the ability to buy healthcare insurance across state lines that would increase competition and drive down cost.
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One of the liberating effects of science fiction when I was a teenager was precisely its ability to tune me into all sorts of strange data and make me realize that I wasn’t as totally isolated in perceiving the world as being monstrous and crazy
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The Army has carried the American... ideal to its logical conclusion... Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on the grounds of ability.
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I want people to appreciate talent and ability.
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The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.
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I don't think of myself as a stubborn person. I am here doing a job to the best of my ability.
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The artist's alertness to the coloristic demands of each picture, the ability to respond to the picture's needs, to feed the color until its appetite is satiated; these are the true measures of a colorist's talent.
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I think the fact that Donald Trump is running now is the greatest to perhaps myself, and, again, Ivanka's Trump and Eric's Trump abilities to be able to run this company because he's not the kind of guy that would leave or jeopardize those people's families, their livelihoods to go do something where he wouldn't be in charge.
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I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.
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To be always doubting your ability to get what you long for is like trying to reach east by traveling west.
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I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them. I believe He wants us to be known for giving—of our time, our money, and our abilities—and to start a movement of ‘giving’ churches. In so doing, we can alleviate the suffering in the world and change the reputation of His bride in America.
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Sometimes, we're so focused on being consistent that we also lower the bar on amazing. After all, the thinking goes, if we can't be amazing all the time, better to reset the expectation to merely good. Which robs us of the ability to (sometimes) be amazing.
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Ability is noting without opportunity.
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In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to the good arts of peace. They are generally more set on acquiring new kingdoms by hook or by crook than on governing well those that they already have.
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There is no one who can stop you; you find a mic, a crowd, a set of ears, and nowadays, a camera and YouTube, and you recite your poem. You have your say. I don't want to over-romanticize it: of course, any time an art form ascends, especially when competition is involved, there will be gatekeeping, chauvinism, and other unfortunate dynamics. But the beauty of spoken word and performance poetry is, by and large, its ability to reach people in the moment - right there, right then.
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If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach.
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If you’re not going to do it to the best of your ability, then don’t do it at all.
