"The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability."

Ability, Army, Discrimination

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"The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability."

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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

Ability, Taxes

"I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself."

Ike Turner, American Musician

Ability, Confidence, Fighting, Losing

"Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body."

Nathan Deal, American Politician

Ability, Body

"The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly."

Vance Packard, American Writer

Ability, Difference, Man

"I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar."

Mike Figgis, English Director

Ability, Guitar, Play

"Those who can't, try: those who can, don't have to."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

Ability, Action, Effort, Success

"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Ability, Job

"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

Ability, Education, Natural, Glory

"The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent."

Stendhal, French Writer

Ability, First

"I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering."

Major Taylor, American Athlete

Ability, Confidence

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"It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years."

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"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!"

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"It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year."

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"Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you."

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"Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them."

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"In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'"

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

"I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself."

"Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body."

"The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly."

"I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar."

"Those who can't, try: those who can, don't have to."

"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

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

"The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent."

"I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering."

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"When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex."

"Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it."

"Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"

"I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up."

"It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years."

"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!"

"It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year."

"Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you."

"Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them."

"In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'"