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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
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Passing comprehensive immigration reform and making DACA and DAPA permanent will free people from living in the shadows of fear from deportation to be able to pursue higher education, buy homes, start businesses, and expand our economy and strengthen the communities of the 10th district and our nation.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I can be in a position of power and influence, and be able to make my present better, then I want to do that.
- Talent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think women have a unique talent for being able to see the forest and the trees at the same time.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, pop culture is very fluid: it's music, it's movies, it's books, it's art, it's tech, it's so many things - and as marketing and brand advocates, we should be able to to take products and services and match them to what's happening in pop culture.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first step in mobility was about letting people speak to each other; then, through 3G and 4G, we saw real connectivity - which works but isn't really designed for quality streaming. With 5G, we won't just be able to communicate better: it will democratise machines.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a self trained, autodidactic artist, so all I was ever trying to do was to draw as realistically as possible - but that's what comes out, because I don't really know how to draw! I think when I draw characters, I'm able to reduce them down to little marks that capture the most distinct elements of them.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never be able to work on a photo-sharing app or 'Internet startup XYZ.'
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have the fear I won't be able to think of something else to write. It's what I do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I'm more true when I'm up onstage than I'm able to be in my regular life. It's not as exciting to be at home, but I've got to learn how to make that work, and then I will be an ordinary woman.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues and folk artists crossing over; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get started.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
What - of all the incredible duets that I've been able to sing, you know, John Raitt was still the one that I just shook in my boots just standing next to him. I loved him so much.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020