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• Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake.

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Mistake, Lying, People

  Jerome K. Jerome (2006). “Jerome K. Jerome: 14 Books in 1”, p.55, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• My grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited from him a love of cars, but with no technical ability whatsoever, sadly!

  Richard Hammond

  Car, Grandfather, Sides

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Kurosawa was one of film's true greats. His ability to transform a vision into a powerful work of art is unparalleled.

  George Lucas

  Art, Powerful, Greatness

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess.

  John C. Maxwell

  Responsibility, Important, Persons

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• Whenever we pride ourselves upon finding a newer, stricter way of thought or exposition … we lose something of the ability to think new thoughts. And equally, of course, whenever we rebel against the sterile rigidity of formal thought and exposition and let our ideas run wild, we likewise lose. As I see it, the advances in scientific thought come from a combination of lose and strict thinking, and this combination is the most precious tool of science.

  Gregory Bateson

  Running, Pride, Thinking

  "Culture Contact and Schismogenesis". "MAN" Journal, Vol. 35, December, 1935.

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• Financial firms are sending their back-office jobs overseas. But what do fine artists do? They create something new, unexpected, and delightful that changes the world. MFA abilities are harder to outsource and more important in an abundant world.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Jobs, Artist, Office

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• When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to create characters that are so creepy and dysfunctional and human, with this duality that makes people feel empathy for them at the same time. My first thought was 'Was this sent to the right person?' I called my agent. 'Are they sure? Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the wrong person!'

  Jennifer Aniston

  Movie, Girl, Book

  "A Woman We Love: Jennifer Aniston" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by one's ability to succeed in times of trial where others may fail. But of no less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is one's willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems farthest away.

  Guy Finley

  Character, Greatness, Two

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• Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh

  Michael Palin

  Men, Laughing, Straightforward

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• I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.

  Don Henley

  Desire, Want, Talent

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• Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.

  John Cleese

  Creativity, Intelligent, Example

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• As for the ridiculous fear of making things below one's potential abilities... No, there is the root of the evil. There is the hiding place of stupidity I must attack: vain mortal, you are limited by nothing.

  Eugene Delacroix

  Fear, Roots, Evil

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• To do things in a way you want to do them, you will have to acquire the ability to think the way you want to think: this is the first step toward getting rich.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Thinking, Want, Way

  Napoleon Hill, Wallace D. Wattles (2012). “Get Rich Collection”, p.218, Penguin

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• Our duty is to understand youth, but more, to help them understand themselves that they may release their varied abilities... We must help them to discover a life work, not work for life.

  Henrietta Mears

  Teaching, May, Helping

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• What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from others of roughly equal ability is the degree to which, beginning early in life, they can pursue an arduous practice routine for years and years.

  Daniel Goleman

  Years, Practice, Degrees

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.135, Bantam

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• Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.

  Tobias Wolff

  Real, Believe, Maturity

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• I believe that if you have faith in your own abilities then in the end others will have faith in them too, even if they need a little persuading.

  Chuck Grassley

  Believe, Needs, Have Faith

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• The only power an actor has is the ability to say "no."

  Lou Diamond Phillips

  Actors

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 12, 2003.

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• One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole energies towards the fulfillment of a particular task.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Important, Energy

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• The greatness of peoples springs from their ability to grasp the grand conceptions of being. It is the absorption of a people, of a nation, of a rare, in large majestic and abiding things which lifts them up to the skies.

  Alexander Crummell

  Spring, Greatness, Sky

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• People wonder whether I got my presenting job as a result of my own abilities or because of Gordon, which is a little unfair.

  Tana Ramsay

  Jobs, People, Littles

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• Do not be intimidated by a smart person. It is easier to debate a smart person than to argue with an idiot.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Smart, Arguing, Idiot

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• If you want it to happen, you must make it happen. If you let it happen, you won't like what happened.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Want, Happened, Happens

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• Without a goal, you cannot survive.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Goal

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• I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable turns bad.

  Randall Dale Adams

  Believe, Luck, Lax

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