"I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school."

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"I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school."

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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

Ability, Act, Advice, Profit

"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

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

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Ability, Vitality

"I've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean, I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep."

Megan Fox, American Actress

Ability, Acting, Want

"Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful."

Kathleen Winsor, American Author

Ability, Charm, Pretty

"The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share."

Roy L. Smith, American Clergyman

Ability, Difficulty, World

"The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing."

Bobby Bonilla, American Athlete

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"Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement."

Steve Bartlett, American Politician

Ability, Advice, Americans, Investment

"I felt the familiar warm tingling at the center of my chest and had just enough time to gasp as some invisible hand yanked me forward, smacking my forehead against the dashboard with enough force to stun me dumb. Chubs slammed on the brakes, forcing my seat belt to do its job and lock against my chest. I was thrown back into my seat, an explosion of colors bursting in my vision. 'Oh, hell no!' Chubs roared, slamming a hand against the steering wheel. 'That's it! We don not use our abilities on one another, goddammit! Behave yourself!"

Alexandra Bracken, American Writer

Ability, Control, Conflict, Power

"My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly."

Philip E. Berger, American Politician

Ability, Confidence, Conservative, Focus

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"They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family."

Family

"The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy."

People

"I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie."

Friendship

"The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work."

Work

"I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets."

Work

"My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam."

Film

"Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most."

Work

"Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do."

Cinema

"I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it."

Success

"Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful."

Success