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Barbara Johnson

"Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears."

Barbara Johnson, American Critic
Ability, Patience
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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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"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
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"Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body."

Nathan Deal, American Politician
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"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
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"Those who can't, try: those who can, don't have to."

Idries Shah, Indian Author
Ability, Action, Effort, Success
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"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
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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
Ability, Education, Natural, Glory
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"Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding."

Rick Larsen, American Politician
Ability, Understanding, World
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"Ability without honor is useless."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman
Ability, Honor
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"The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting."

Ovid, Roman Poet
Ability, May, Will

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