Ability Quotes
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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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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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Patience is the ability to suffer a long time under the mistreatment of others without growing resentful or bitter.
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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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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing - the ability to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.
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Happiness is the ability to recognize it.
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I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed.
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Part of Mother went with them. It is an acrobatic feat that only mothers can understand, this ability to be with every child.
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I like his heart, his effort, his athletic ability and his activeness.
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There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.
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Your success is no longer about your ability to do what you are told, and do it well.
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Smart is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.
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I trust my ability to play in any defense.
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I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.
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Worrying about them would make no difference, unless it diminished her ability to cope.
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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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You have the ability to quickly change your patterns of thought, and eventually... your life experience.
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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.
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Success, to me, is helping one person or many people counter the isolation and pseudoconnectivity of our lives by boosting their ability to connect to themselves and to others.
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The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.
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Will gives us the ability to take an idea hold that idea and zero right in on something.
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I'm able to come and do a new sound and grow even more and make greater songs because my song-making abilities have grown.
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An ability to choose is a necessity for the artist.
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The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.
