Their Ability Quotes
161 quotes by 149 authors
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Where humans are concerned, the only emotion that made sense was wonder, at their ability to endure...
— Rohinton Mistry
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Not to know one's true identity is to be a mad, disensouled thing — a golem. And, indeed, this image, sick-eningly Orwellian, applies to the…
— Terence McKenna
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Take away someone’s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someone’s aggression and you take…
— Veronica Roth
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Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around…
— Robert Reich
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The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world-not just growth or money but their…
— Charles Handy
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There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can…
— Mark Van Doren
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I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patients…
— Antonio Damasio
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The major challenge facing most foundations is that they are risk averse. This inhibits their ability to experiment and commit to the experimentation and innovation…
— Steven Levitt
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When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of…
— Gever Tulley
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The cost of research, development and testing of a new drug is vastly greater than the cost of each dose produced. How should we pay…
— Thomas Pogge
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I think that all the talented filmmakers sort of share, I think, a sense of allowing magic to happen; of creating a stable and secure…
— Chiwetel Ejiofor
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I love the power of the musician who composes and performs. I envy their ability to put a nugget of truth in three minutes of…
— Kim Harrison
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I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.
— Patricia MacLachlan
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The transparency men have enjoyed for generations, about their ability to frankly work while also reveling in fatherhood, is still complicated for women. Which is…
— Mona Simpson
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I believe that an artist working for and representing the Kingdom of God should do the best of their ability to show and prove the…
— Daniel Smith
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We help people to begin truly healthful diets, and it is absolutely wonderful to see, not only their success, but also their delight at their…
— Neal Barnard
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The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to…
— Mercy Otis Warren
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At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability…
— Marc Davis
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In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The…
— Lennart Meri
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It is only those who believe in their ability who shine when it matters.
— Maurice Greene
Who Wrote These Their Ability Quotes
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