"But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots."

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"But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots."

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"We are capable of greatness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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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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"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you're lucky, you make some money. Women flock to you. In that sense, having talent's preferable to having none. But talent only functions when it's supported by a tough, unyielding physical and mental focus. All it takes is one screw in your brain to come loose and fall off, or some connection in your body to break down, and your concentration vanishes, like the dew at dawn. If talent's the foundation you rely on, and yet it's so unreliable that you have no idea what's going to happen to it the next minute, what meaning does it have?"

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"You have divine abilities for a great mission."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"What I do I do very well and what I don't do well I don't do at all."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"If your education, talent and capacity can do nothing; your body can do lots of things."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"We are capable of great works through the mighty power of the Holy Spirit."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Ability, Power, Spirit, Faith, Strength

"The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Ability, May, Will

"The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting."

Arundhati Roy, Indian Novelist

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"In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man."

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"History passes the final judgment."

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"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."

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"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

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"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

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"I'll always be chasing you... Glory."

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"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."

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"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."

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