- Doing
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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
- Business Leaders
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change - to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives systems to drive the change, and to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of 'Vogue' and 'Rolling Stone,' and like I think it's really important that people are talking about your body, because if they don't, then you'll never be able to break that barrier.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going to go the way of 'American Idol,' then you better be able to do what you want musically, because just going for the fame will only keep you happy for so long.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.
- Infinity
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- Nov 07, 2020
If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember being young in the 1960s... we had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like being able to see an innocence in people. I see a lot of beauty in youth. Young people are in progress. Their faces and bodies and minds are constantly changing. It's exciting to capture that on film.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to have a reaction from the audience. I wanted to be able to talk to somebody, and not be talking just to myself. That's when I did 'The Conformist,' 'Last Tango in Paris,' etc. And I found it was incredibly rewarding, something new.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course I want to get even better. I will work as hard as I can to be able to help the team even more.
- Lifestyle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nonviolence as a lifestyle and perpetual strategy will allow us to be on the offense instead of continually on the defense. We will be able to move the ball down the field with team decisions and playmaking versus constantly thinking about how the opposing forces are moving the ball.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Entrepreneurialism, to me, means being able to fail. And I believe that kind of leadership is not necessary only in business, but it's necessary for running countries, too. You've got to be able to believe in something strongly enough that you want to do it even if there's a risk of failure.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to be able to sit together and form a government of the majority that serves everyone, and not a government of minorities that takes care of itself.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just to be around that, to feel a part of it and be able to integrate the experience while I was with the Messengers, of going and playing gigs with other drummers, gave me the chance to realize that it was not just me that was making it happen.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020