- Must
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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
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowing my mistakes and being able to go back to fix them - that helps me out a lot.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have written a lot of love letters to the people that I love in my life. It's sweet to be able to keep that, like a tangible letter, and I want to give that to people.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The speed with which we in the Congress are going down is sometimes frightening. Government administration in the districts is rapidly reaching a low level. No strong opposition party has been able to emerge.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing myself as female every time I look in the mirror is painful in a way I will never be able to describe.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fight manic-depression, and I have been able to live battling that sadness that I get sometimes.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020