- Excellence
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things that's been nice about my career is that I've been able to do so many different things, and variety keeps your creative soul fulfilled. I'm constantly looking to find new things to do. It's just project to project for me. You never know where the next thing's going to come from.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am able to really enjoy the positive attention I receive.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want people to hear the music the way it's suppose to sound, the way we meant for them to hear it. You sit in the studio all this time and make the music, tweak it, try to get it perfect. They should be able to hear it that way.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had between 20 and 40 songs for 'Detox,' and I just couldn't feel it. Usually, I can hear the sequence of an album as I'm going, but I wasn't able to do that. I wasn't feeling it in my gut.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be creative, and make money out of it. It's incredible.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ariana Grande is a billionaire before she's been an artist. You have to work to be able to appreciate what you have... what work did she ever have to do in her life?
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
Caterpillar exported $20 billion of goods in 2011, all by American hands and American workers, to all over the world. In order to do that, we have to create jobs in all those countries that we export to, to be able to sell there.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I'm the father of three children; I'm not able to go live on a bus and do semesters around the country like I did when I was young.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020