"I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong."

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"I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong."

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"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives."

Ben Bernanke, American Economist

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"I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby."

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"Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton."

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"The ultimate test of a finished account executive is his ability to write a sound marketing plan."

Morris Hite, American Businessman

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"Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them."

Lee H. Hamilton, American Politician

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"Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure places and make movies that six people went to see."

Movies

"It was the most fun I've ever had on a movie. It was one of the happiest times in my life. I was living in New York, and I really enjoyed acting at the time. Also, it's funny because that was also the time when I went downhill."

Funny

"Comeback is a good word, man."

Man

"A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise."

Time

"It was either therapy or die."

Therapy

"I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing."

Balance

"I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there."

First

"I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise."

Anger

"A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material."

Now

"I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and talking to you like that."

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