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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
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Social media can be a powerful tool to listen to, engage with and gain access to customers that you would otherwise not be able to connect with.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky enough to be able to do comedies, dramas, completely different parts. At the beginning, when you start you have a fantasy that you could be somebody else. Which is absurd. That's part of being an actor. It's your voice, it's the way you move, it's your body, even if you transform it, you play with it.
- Express
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I set my eyes on the gold at the world championships, I was able to maintain that focus that whole day. That's what I aim to do in Rio - my focus is gold, so I can keep in that good state; I can't get too complacent. I can't relax; I can't be content. I need to be 100 per cent switched on.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you're able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am thrilled to be able to bring my vision of beauty to others who may be inspired by it.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
These girls come; they last one season; they're completely used up and dried out and sent back home. That's not how to make a life. I want a girl to come in knowing full well what she's getting into and being able to deal and make decisions that will create a career.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poem is the literary form of the 21st century. It's able to connect young people in a deep way to language... it's language as play.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.
- Nov 07, 2020
There is no restaurant anywhere in the world where I have been that I haven't been able to find something to eat.
- Minority
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that I'm in the minority to be able to keep working all these years. But I want more!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we lived in a time where people couldn't watch 'Lost' on Hulu or record it on their DVR, we wouldn't necessarily have succeeded. We need people to be able to catch up. Now you choose when you watch TV. We wouldn't have survived in the old days because people would have missed episodes.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been so lucky to be able to go into such different worlds from my own, and that's what makes my job so fun. I just want to continue doing that.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020