- People
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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
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been in love with people and ideas in several cities and learned that the lovers I've loved and the ideas I've embraced depended on where I was, how cold it was, and what I had to do to be able to stand it.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.
- Quiet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 'Snow White and the Hunstman,' when we see them in the Dark Forest, you're allowed a lot of freedom to be able to cutaway to, for instance, the prince. That B and C story stuff helps the writing process, even though it makes it a more complicated movie.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a hobby I got into a long time ago, hacking cameras. I was able to make my own using different lenses.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
If neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump nor I are able to win 270 in the electoral college... then it will go the House of Representatives.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite actors are Jim Carrey and Chris Farley, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams. Robin Williams is the best - to be able to do all that comedy but also be heartbreaking.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not working, I just like to be comfortable: I love black, nothing tight, no heels, no make-up - it's nice to be able to breathe!
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going somewhere international, try to learn a little bit of the language. It goes a long way to be able to introduce yourself, ask for things, and even say hello to someone in a new country!
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the morning before all the craziness happens, I make sure to pray, and I'll put aside 10 minutes to meditate. I feel when I do that, I'm able to get through my day a lot better.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
In WWE, I focused more on Olympic lifting. I had to make sure that I was physically able to lift another human being at all times.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want kids to be able to escape failing schools that trap them. And it's an unequal trapping of children. The most affluent find a way to escape. They move to a great suburban district or send their kid to a private school. The people who are trapped in the worst schools that have been terrible often for half a century? Those are the poorest kids.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even sleep is part of my job because I need a certain number of hours of sleep to be able to train at the intensity that I do. I'm constantly working to keep my body in the best possible shape.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The new generation of designers, like Prabal Gurung and Alexander Wang, have hundreds of thousands following them on social media who will probably never be able to afford their dresses but still feel a loyalty to them. So when that designer writes a book or launches a beauty line, they might pick that up.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020