- 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
I'm just the undisputed champion - I am great as I think I am and I've been able to prove it by taking on these big challenges and beating these girls who they say cannot be beaten.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I already felt that I was going to win the gold medal, but with school being so hard I was kind of second-guessing myself. So, when I actually was told that I was going to be able to walk across the stage and be done with high school, it was such a relief.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough assessment of what's happening on the ground from the perspective of what we're able to see.
- Ethos
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- Nov 07, 2020
When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting jobs. As I got more jobs, I was able to make my own films. That ethos of making my own work has provided me with a lot of opportunities.
- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
The technology actually seemed to come at just the right time to make the Hulk - Mark Ruffalo was really able to play both characters.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
As any of us approaches middle age, we inevitably come up against our limitations: the realization that certain dearly-held fantasies may not be realized; that circumstances have thwarted us; that even with intention and will we may not be able to set our ship back on the course we'd planned.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once your kid reaches middle school, parents are really supposed to fade out of the social picture. Kids are supposed to make their own plans, keep up with sophisticatedly crude discussions, and be able to go out on their own without supervision.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a job.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When The B-52s started in the late '70s, music and the business was totally different. Obviously, it's easier for everyone to be able to work with music, record, and get good quality.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If something's upsetting me, being able to go in and work on new music makes all the difference in the world.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't have been able to go to drama school when I was 19. I don't think I was even conscious of life... I was like a zombie. But when I finished uni' I just realised... just go and do it, stop being a knob.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am so glad I was able to do 'The Originals,' and I want to be a part of that family for a long time.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, we've got to be responsible about our debt. We don't want the United States to ever be a dead beat, and not be able to pay its bills, either to our soldiers who are fighting or to Social Security recipients.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing is more gratifying as a Christian believer than being able to thread my faith and love for Jesus into my music.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020