"Humbert was perfectly capable of intercourse with Eve,……" — Vladimir Nabokov

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• Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one. — Margaret Atwood
• The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in… — Charles Babbage
• My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must… — Michelle Bachelet
• It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited… — Douglas Adams
• Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. — Douglas Adams
• In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or… — Simone de Beauvoir
• Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense. — Joseph Addison
• If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has… — Joseph Addison
• Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. — Aphra Behn
• If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of… — Pope Benedict XVI
• I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being… — Tony Blair
• People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in… — David Bohm

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