- Language
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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
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was nine, and I was shopping in a supermarket with my dad. There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so thankful that I had music to turn to in the dark times and be able to understand myself through it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thundercat, specifically, is insane. I'm always surprised at the things he comes up with when we're jamming out together. I gotta try to keep up with him and his ideas, be able to respond without speaking, and come through with some more music. He challenges me to keep it musical and not so computer.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely learned to communicate with other musicians better. I used to feel so intimidated by guys who can read notes, like, 'Oh my God, they're gonna think I'm not even gonna be able to sit at the table.' But I've come to see that a lot of these musicians don't know how to read music either, and that made me feel good.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are not able to just make music anymore; we have to do things that don't necessarily make the art any better. But that's just how it is.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a lot of films, they're showing more complete, developed characters of diverse ethnic backgrounds. The larger concern is to be able to tastefully explore the stereotypes, and still move past them to see the core of people.
- Destiny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daddy was a World War I pilot, and I just wanted to be able to fly like he did.
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've said before, the number one thing that we have to work on is protecting the gay community from sharia law. Now, in the United States, it's probably not a big issue right now, but my brother-in-law is gay, and his partner and I would like them to be able to travel any place in the world without them risking harm.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
You might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response to your circumstances.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.
- Melody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020