Quotes about ability
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Ernie Fletcher We're evaluating the possibility of that, ... If that would be necessary, we need to see what effect that would have on our ability to fund particular projects and meet our bond requirements.
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W. G. Sebald People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.
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The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.
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Phil Jackson There are times and moments and there will be one in this playoffs where he will do the offensive work. He's going to be on fire and feeling the ability to go out there and shoot anytime, any place. Right now, I think he's just moving the ball well and doing the right things for us.
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Chelsea Hobbs At the end of the day, I want to be known for my ability to create life from words.
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Derek Blasberg Temptation is as old as time; or at least, the history of temptation extends as far back as the moment Eve gave Adam that serpent's apple. But what sets the lady apart from the tramp is the ability to acknowledge she needs to clean up her act - and then, of course, the fact that she actually does clean up her act.
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I have the experience and ability to step in on day one in Washington and start working on the challenging problems facing our country.
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My background in financial services and my experience as a state representative have given me the ability to identify our country's fiscal problems and find steps to remedy them.
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David Amram That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.
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Luc de Clapiers The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
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Kevin Smith The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.
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Kevin Rudd To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist - optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about the ability of government to make a difference.
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The question is how many positions can they fill with expensive veterans. The Yankees have a chance to buy and shrewdly deal to avoid a potential collapse of the team, but they also have the ability to go over the cliff, and they could have a long period before they get better.
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The proposed agreement ... is fundamentally flawed. It will give one company the ability to raise prices for the most popular domain extension without any industry review or justification.
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The proposal would limit your ability to get any tax break for the mortgage interest you pay. Economists are estimating that this would drop house values by 15 to 20 percent.
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Kevin Parker We have had great success with both new and existing customers. Our performance demonstrates PeopleSoft's continuing competitive strength and ability to perform.
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Kevin Parker We have had great success with both new and existing customers, ... Our performance demonstrates PeopleSoft's continuing competitive strength and ability to perform.
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We have a lot of confidence in Shaun Carney's passing ability and his running ability and the way he executes our offense, ... Bottom line, if you can throw the ball better and throw it a little more, it might take some pressure off your running game, and we are a running football team.
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Chris Walker We have a lot of character, and we pride ourselves on our toughness. I'm not worried about our ability to bounce back.
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We have a new committee for the Bristol Homecoming Festival, and this was our first year to organize it. All things considered, there seemed to be a lot of new life breathed into the event. The Bristol Homecoming Festival is one of the oldest festivals in Indiana, dating back to 1881. These are the kind of events we need to be successful at to help our hometown thrive. We need good ideas, the ability to communicate this to our neighbors, and community involvement to make this happened, which is one reason to network with business leaders in our town.
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Joe Girardi We have an abundance of young starters. Other teams would probably like to have eight veterans, but we have eight young starters. They have the ability to push each other.
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We have already proven that nothing is impossible in a one-day game. We have the ability to do something special on the given day.
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Nick Saban We need to improve our ability to play with discipline, especially on the road, especially in the beginning of games, ... That put us behind the 8-ball.
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Michael Palmer We know that travel is essential to a complete education. Traveling abroad teaches understanding of other people, cultures and communities, and these types of experiences offer young people a greater ability to be successful in today's global society.
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George Tenet We know that they will continue to plan, ... We know that they will hurt us again. We have to minimize, we have to minimize, we have to minimize their ability to do so because there is no perfection in this business.
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George Bodenheimer We have tremendous confidence in the ability of the league and players association to deal effectively with this issue, and it appears they are.
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Matt Hasselbeck We just didn't execute to the best of our ability today. We were close a couple of times, but close doesn't get it done.
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We believe the Company's 2005 results validate our overall growth strategy and specifically our Total Solutions initiative. During 2006, we will remain focused on growing our top line and improving margins by managing productivity and costs within our businesses. I have never been more confident in our ability to achieve sustainable and profitable growth.
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Richard Carlson The ill effects of thought come about when we forget that thought is a function of our consciousness... an ability that we as human beings have. We are the producers of our own thinking.
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Martha Beck My dog has the intellectual capacity of a lime wedge, yet even he possesses an elaborate set of assumptions, based on his ability to control my behavior through a combination of slavish devotion and incessant howling.
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Maurice Greene You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati In Indonesia, where I am from, the Dutch-imposed Civil Code dating back to the colonial 1870s prevailed until the 1974 Law on Marriage granted married women greater rights, including the ability to open individual bank accounts.