- Love
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
You don't need a title or a crown or a sash to be able to stand together with other women.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
And when I won Miss Universe, I got a global platform, which gave me a louder voice to be able to reach more women from every corner of the world. No matter where we live, our circumstances or how we grew up, we want to feel love, we want to feel cared for, and we want to feel powerful.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes one brave woman to implement change and for other women to be able to follow that.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama seems like he tries to talk everyone into what he believes - and that's part of why we elected him, because he's a calm, reasonable guy - but behind that, there has to be some fight. You have to be able to take a few punches and throw a few punches.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person who most exemplifies the kind of organization and behavior required who is best able to create the conditions such organizations require.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a failure of imagination if you can only write what you know - we have to be able to imagine different worlds.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you tell the best story possible, you can trust that people will be able to connect to it.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a clairaudient healer. My specialty is being able to discern the blocks within a person's energy that are prohibiting them from being free, happy, and powerful.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy is the most difficult. Comic timing is something which you either have it in you, or you don't. You have to have a good sense of humour to be able to understand it. A split second can make you lose the punch.
- Energies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need more courageous individuals who will defy the structures of power, whether political, economic, or intimate, but we also need it to be safe for people to feel their power and to be able to express their ideas and imagine without fear.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to be able to guarantee the safety of all artists and activists for human rights so that it no longer takes extraordinary courage to call for a better world - so that every person with the ability to imagine peace, equality, progress, and justice can express their dreams and hopes without fear.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ability to speak the majority language is not just important for inclusion; it is important for minorities to be able to claim their rights and entitlements.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women with education, skills, and independent sources of income are more able to withstand the pressures of the patriarchal family and more able to express their opinions and to move freely within their communities.
- Film Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020