- Insecurity
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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
- Speak
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to be a voice; you have to be able to speak up.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should all expect to be able to die with comfort, dignity and love. Our society does not lack the wealth to realise this aspiration, but the willpower.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
If sharp-elbowed parents are no longer able to buy themselves out of state education, they are incentivised to improve their local schools.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you've never lived outside London, and if you've always had a car, it's difficult to understand how dire bus services undermine your standard of living: from being able to get to work, meet friends in the pub, get the weekly shop or take the kids on a day out.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to be able to draw or play guitar or dance. All three at the same time - that's the talent for me.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is an honour and a pleasure to be able to play with Leo Messi. I want to learn. He is the best player in the world and in history. I am delighted to be able to share costumes. I want to learn a lot from him on and off the field.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was spoiled in a very strange way as a child, because everybody told me, from the moment I was able to hear, that I was absolutely marvelous, and I never heard a discouraging word for years, you see. I didn't know what was ahead of me.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having money or being able to support family.
- Demonstrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that we have been able to demonstrate that we cannot just consume software, that we can create software that can be used all over the world, that we have that kind of talent in Africa.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020