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Ability Quotes (page 30)

The true magic of this broken world lay in the ability of the things it contained to vanish, to become so thoroughly lost, that they might never have existed in the first place. Michael Chabon
Barack Obama quote: "We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change,..."
We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours. Barack Obama
I’d like to be remembered as someone who used their ability as a novelist or as a dramatist to say the things he felt needed to be said about the society while being as entertaining as possible. Because if you don’t entertain, nobody’s listening. Budd Schulberg
Muhammad Yunus quote: "The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability."
The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability. Muhammad Yunus
Joan Didion quote: "The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery..."
The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language. Joan Didion
Dominator culture teaches all of us that the core of our identity is defined by the will to dominate and control others. We are taught that this will to dominate is more biologically hardwired in males than in females. In actuality, dominator culture teaches us that we are all natural-born killers but that males are more able to realize the predator role. In the dominator model the pursuit of external power, the ability to manipulate and control others, is what matters most. When culture is... Bell Hooks
Oscar Wilde quote: "I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability."
I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde
Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself. Kazuo Ishiguro
That, precisely, is the deadliness of second-handers. They have no concern for facts, ideas, work. They're concerned only with people. They don't ask: 'Is this true?' They ask: 'Is this what others think is true?' Not to judge, but to repeat. Not to do, but to give the impression of doing. Not creation, but show. Not ability, but friendship. Not merit, but pull. What would happen to the world without those who do, think, work, produce? Those are the egotists. You don't think through another's... Ayn Rand
But the Spirit was not limited to doing surprising and extraordinary things. He was present in the Old Testament period in giving civil rule and government ... moral virtues ... physical strength ... and intellectual abilities. John Owen
Your unique creative talents and abilities are flowing through you and are being expressed in deeply satisfying ways. Your creativity is always in demand. Louise L. Hay
All he had ever prayed for was the ability to catch outfield flies, in answer to which God had bestowed upon him a penis that was bigger than anybody else's. What kind of world came up with such idiotic bargains? Haruki Murakami
George Washington quote: "Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to..."
Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country? George Washington
A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest. Paulo Coelho
Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory Erich Segal

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