Ability Quote by Barbara Cook

“Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.”

Barbara Cook

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If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.

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I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.

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I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.

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The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

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