- Ale
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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
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women respond to comfort and a sense of humor. I was always able to make them laugh, so that helps a lot.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy what Twitter is because I can really connect with the fans and it's a great way to share information with them and it's also a great way to entertain. I like being able to put a smile on people's faces and letting them know what I'm doing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One has to be able to twist and change and distort characters, play with them like clay, so everything fits together. Real people don't permit you to do that.
- Nov 07, 2020
For the very first time, viewers will be able to watch their favorite shows before the rest of the world.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My gift seems to be that I am able to tell a story in a comprehensible and engaging way.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been really lucky in that I've been able to work so much, and pretty much everything I've done has been really great fun.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started making films, like almost every filmmaker, I think, you're just so excited to be able to make a movie that you'll do anything.
- Hobbies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he was able to indulge in his hobbies... and he was making occasional video tapes and audio tapes to the wider world.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a Londoner I was able to see how the world of power and money cast its shadow on those who failed.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way we work at Pixar is we write the script, but then we quickly move on into story reel, which is basically like a comic-book version of the film. And then we do our own dialogue and music and sound effects, all in an effort to be able to basically sit in the theater and watch the movie before we shoot it, essentially.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always feel like if you have a smaller crew, you can not only get to know the individual strengths of people more specifically, but then, you also give them a longer runway to be able to apply the knowledge that they have learned to subsequent work.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
The main thing for me was that I wanted to be able to decide when my international career would end after 10 years myself.
- Pain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't able to explode, jump, run - not even walk without pain being in the back of my leg. Every time I bent my leg, even in a walking motion, I was wondering what was wrong with me. But I stuck with it.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020