"There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child."

Ability, Will

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"There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child."

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"There are already a lot of devices in our lives that have rich text or the ability to handle graphics. Our devices are designed to be understood in less than a quarter of a second."

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"So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime."

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"The ability to play the clarinet is the ability to overcome the imperfections of the instrument. There's no such thing as a perfect clarinet, never was and never will be."

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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."

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