Ability Quotes
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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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What distinguishes a great mnemonist, I learned, is the ability to create lavish images on the fly, to paint in the mind a scene so unlike any other it cannot be forgotten. And to do it quickly. Many competitive mnemonists argue that their skills are less a feat of memory than of creativity.
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May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world.
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Vision is the ability to talk about the future with such clarity it is as if we are talking about the past.
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Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
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Worrying about them would make no difference, unless it diminished her ability to cope.
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The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability
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One of the most amazing abilities of sexuality is to momentarily transcend the borders of Self into something that is no longer defined by physical property and that is utterly unique. It's really what many call a religious experience.
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Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.
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I worry that as the problem-solving power of our technologies increases, our ability to distinguish between important and trivial or even non-existent problems diminishes.
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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.
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Art isn't about drawing; it's about learning to see. What organization doesn't need this ability?
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The grand delusion of contemporary liberals is that they have both the right and the ability to move their fellow creatures around like blocks of wood - and that the end results will be no different than if people had voluntarily chosen the same action
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The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
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I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books--whether it's strolling down the aisles of a bookshop with no idea whatsoever of what it is that we want to read and suddenly finding the most perfect, most wonderfully suitable book staring us right in the face. Unblinking. Or a chance meeting with a stranger or friend who recommends a book we would never ordinarily reach for. Books have the ability to find their own way into our lives.
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The Netflix brand for TV shows is really all about binge viewing. The ability to get hooked and watch episode after episode.
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I've turned down a lot of trades where I might have gotten a better player, but I wasn't totally sure of the chemistry of that new player coming in. Even though he might possess golden ability, his personality and the way he gets along with teammates might be things you just don't want to cope with.
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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
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We spent a lot of time making 'Transangelic Exodus' and toward the end of it, my ability and my love for music - that is, just garage music, direct and immediate - started to feel neglected.
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An ability to choose is a necessity for the artist.
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I trust my ability to play in any defense.
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I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like to play with that.
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Of course, it's not the technique that makes the music; it's the sensitivity of the musician and his ability to be able to fuse his life with the rhythm of the times. This is the essence of music.
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We are growing increasingly concerned about the District's ability to meet the agreed-upon December 31, 2005 deadline, by which date a number of critical tasks in the Baseball Stadium Agreement must be completed.
