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- Nov 07, 2020
Able Quotes
On capability, readiness and what makes action possible.
These quotes touch on being able to act: governments expected to give straight answers, leaders imagined thinking more imaginatively, and allies working to restore the unity needed to act together. For more, see our Being quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
For kids, it's best to teach them how to fold their clothes first. Kids will be able to fold their clothes at about three years old. You don't want to teach them how to put away toys first because it's difficult. Clothes are something kids wear every day, so it's easy for them to have a sense about their belongings.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day I wake up afraid that I won't be able to write, that today is the day it has left me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to see my grandchildren grow up. I want to be there for my friends. I want to be able to love the person in my life. I want to work. I want to do something I've never done, which is save money. I've never bought anything. I have nothing.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand!
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great to be able to just go with an idea and not have 10 people in a room telling me why I can't write in a huge mud slide at a school function with 50 kindergartners running around.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to be able to deep dive and know your stuff, otherwise you’ll get called out on it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The left-wing thinkers and intellectuals have been more misogynist with me than the army. They can't accept that a young woman is able to think, and they underestimate the intellectual work and study I might have done. They ask who is the man behind me.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people must have noticed the intense attention given by children to the conversation of grown-ups when they cannot possibly be understanding a word of what they hear. They are trying to get hold of words, and they often demonstrate this fact by repeating joyously some word which they have been able to grasp.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most women outlive their spouses. Divorce remains at record rates. It's important for a woman to be able to control her finances.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020