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Able Quotes (page 48)

This world is for those who are born to conquer it, Not for those who dream that are able to conquer it, even if they're right. Fernando Pessoa
Mary Oliver quote: "Also I wanted to be able to love And we all know how that one..."
Also I wanted to be able to love And we all know how that one goes, don't we? Slowly Mary Oliver
...they are able to forgive themselves, as a wise man once said, for being human. That is knowing that life is hard and virtue rare, they keep the ancient faith that it is better to love than to hate, to live fully even if imperfectly. Charles Van Doren
1. Never forget--"they" are always the enemy.2. Just remember, assholes are born that way, and they usually don't change.3. You don't want to go to jail.4. When you start to take this job seriously, you're in trouble.5. It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.6. If you decide to run the ball, just count on fumbling and getting the shit knocked out of you a lot, but never forget how much fun it is just to be able to run the ball! Jimmy Buffett
But that's one lifetime."Yeah."But while doing that one I'd want to be able to have done other stuff. Whole other lives- the one where I sail-"I know, on a boat you made yourself. Dave Eggers
She said she knew she was able to fly because when she came down she always had dust on her fingers from touching the light bulbs. J. D. Salinger
There were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love. Michael Ende
With old liars who have been acting all their lives there are moments when they enter so completely into their part that they tremble or shed tears in earnest, although at that very moment, or a second later, they are able to whisper to themselves, "You know you are lying, you shameless old sinner! You're acting now, in spite of your 'holy' wrath. Fyodor Dostoevsky
If stone-sober people can fuck like they're out of their minds -- can actually be out of their minds while caught in that throe -- why shouldn't writers be able to go bonkers and still stay sane? Stephen King
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Bertrand Russell
Patrick Henry quote: "The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is..."
The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun. Patrick Henry
Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage. Maya Angelou
And you know, this thought crossed my mind at the time: maybe chance is a pretty common thing after all. Those kinds of coincidences are happening all around us, all the time, but most of them don't attract our attention and we just let them go by. It's like fireworks in the daytime. You might hear a faint sound, but even if you look up at the sky you can't see a thing. But if we're really hoping something may come true it may become visible, like a message rising to the surface. Then we're... Haruki Murakami
I think the invitation offered the non-black reader is to join us in this expression of our familiarity and via that joining, come to understand that when black people come together to celebrate and rejoice in black critical thinking, we do so not to exclude or to separate, but to participate more fully in world community. However, we must first be able to dialogue with one another, to give one another subject-to-subject recognition that is an act of resistance that is part of the... Bell Hooks
Do you know I don't know how one can walk by a tree and not be happy at the sight of it? How can one talk to a man and not be happy in loving him! Oh, it's only that I'm not able to express it...And what beautiful things there are at every step, that even the most hopeless man must feel to be beautiful! Look at a child! Look at God's sunrise! Look at the grass, how it grows! Look at the eyes that gaze at you and love you!... Fyodor Dostoevsky

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