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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just not a good reader, so I haven't been able to sit down and get myself through an entire book in my whole life.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's nice to be able to play a guy who gets to say all the things that you don't get to say in real life.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm all for poetry catching up with technology, and just as there are iTunes, I think we should have iPoems. I mean, people should be able to walk around with their earbuds in and listening to poems on their iPod.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't want to be associated with one character, because I want to be able to do different roles.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
What can I do, I asked myself, that is so spectacular that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious. I would send a midget up to bat.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't seem to be able to learn from experience or anything useful. History doesn't help me. Precedents don't inform my experience.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I change my socks often, because I had bad bouts of athlete's foot fungus infections as a kid. I may be able to change socks less frequently and not get the fungus. But, I'd rather not run the test to determine just how infrequently I could change socks. I don't feel superstitious about it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a career that is kind of under the radar, but it sure is varied, and I've been so blessed to be able to get paid to do something I love to do.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's been nice is that I've been able to direct from a very idealistic place. I've never had to make my living as a director, which gave me a chance to choose material I feel passionate about. The directing allows me to not have to grab any acting role that comes along. I can pick and choose a little bit.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here's one measure of the man and the scope of his achievement: No serious historian will be able to write about 20th-century America without discussing Bill Buckley. Before Buckley, there was no conservative movement. After Buckley, there was Ronald Reagan.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020