- Living
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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thyroid cells take up iodine with particular avidity and are able to store it up in great quantities.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
With DNA, you have to be able to tell which genes are turned on or off. Current DNA sequencing cannot do that. The next generation of DNA sequencing needs to be able to do this. If somebody invents this, then we can start to very precisely identify cures for diseases.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have, without the help of NASA.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have so many indulgences - way too many. But I think also you work out to be able to eat what you want. You can be healthy, but you have to let yourself live.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just having the whole control over your body is so important when you're modelling - to just be able to know exactly what you look like and what you're doing.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer... that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot has evolved and changed in women's sport in the last 10 years - particularly football and cricket. So, I think my timing, in terms of being able to play both for a while, was fortunate.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I have to do a speech, if there's no way I can get out of it, or if it's something I really should do, I won't sleep the night before. I'll feel ill the entire day leading up to it. I won't be able to eat if it's after a dinner, which makes things even worse.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or four pages, and that's from 9:30 A.M. until 6 P.M.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I'm grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I'm not doing it.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that focusing all experiences through the lens of the Internet is an example of not being able to see history through the eyes of others, to be so enamored of one's present time that one cannot see that the world was once elsewise and was not about you.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't able to relate to anyone on TV growing up, so I wanted to bring my own experiences to the screen.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020