- Guitar
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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
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
After playing for 40 years, I've been able to evolve the way I see the fretboard and how I hear the guitar in my head.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are putting more and more power into a system which is less and less able to carry it reliably.
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my years of acting, the one thing I was never able to do convincingly was to laugh on camera. Fake-laugh.
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm glad I took the leap away from acting into going behind the camera because it's much more satisfying - I love acting and I still do, but it's much more satisfying to be able to make the stuff.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
So much of my work is about children and/or parenting; it's something I'm drawn to without being able to completely articulate why.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's one thing to be able to analyze something. It's another to implement it or execute on a vision or even to get a whole bunch of people to rally behind it.
- Great Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got a call to do the voice of Johnny in an episode of 'American Dad' titled 'I Can't Stan You,' it was a great opportunity to be a part of a really funny cutting-edge show on television. I really got into the character, and I was able to do some improvisation, which allowed me to mix in part of my personality into the script.
- Better Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I may not be able to re-record a song, but I can do a better job each time I sing it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm able to do nothing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I've never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you have been divorced once - male or female, but especially for females - and you're over 40 you're actually a commodity. It means you were able to commit once, and you'll do it again.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
One grows up thinking you will naturally be able to have children, and when it doesn't happen, it's a shock. But I just feel that it wasn't meant to be.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's such a joy to be able to have friendships free from worry. It's so lovely to live without fear.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020