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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Afghanistan, life is so fragile; who knows what the next week will bring? That fragility really affects the way you're able to report, and the kind of stories people will tell you.
- Help Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we forget sometimes how blessed we are to be able to help others and make a difference!
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had my time again and was able to change one thing from my career then I wouldn't have retired. I would have played for Wales longer.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
- Current Events
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
- Hand
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad worked nights. When I got home from school I was able to go hang out with my dad and play some golf.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more aware of your intentions and your experiences you become, the more you will be able to connect the two, and the more you will be able to create the experiences of your life consciously. This is the development of mastery. It is the creation of authentic power.
- Dismantle
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, cleidocranial dysplasia was something that just spontaneously happened. Nobody in my family has it. It doesn't really hinder me at all. Obviously, I'm still able to do the things I love.
- Drank
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- Nov 07, 2020
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him.
- Horizon
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're never the same after you run the Iditarod, and I still lust to go out and run with dogs, even though I know that I shouldn't. But I'd give just about anything to be able to do it again. To see the horizon again from the back of a dog team would be wonderful.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being able to act for a living is a blessing. I have a great theater company that's almost 40 years old.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020