"Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money."
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"If God had looked into our minds he would not have been able to see there whom we were speaking of."
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"I think there are always going to be fanatics and charismatic extremists who are going to be able to draw a following."
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"For a poet is an airy thing, winged and holy, and he is not able to make poetry until he becomes inspired and goes out of his mind and his intellect is no longer in him."
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"Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat the market consistently, year after year."
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"I go out and put in a load during the offseason so I know what I'm going to be able to do, as long as I stay healthy, when it comes time for the season."
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"The thing that is probably most important is having a brain, and to be able to figure things out and learn things very rapidly."
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"Religion attacks us in our deepest integrity by saying we wouldn't be able to make a moral decision without it."
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"To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement."
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"This is such a pivotal moment in my life! I'm transitioning as a woman, and I'm finally able to express myself as I am."
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"When life kicks you in the teeth and knocks you down to the ground. Are you able to stand up and keep fighting?! That’s what it’s all about."
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"You may not be able to hit all the notes. That's OK. You may not have the clearest tone. You may not have the greatest range. But if you can inhabit your song, you can communicate."
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"You will never get to the irreducible definition of anything because you will never be able to explain why you want to explain, and so on. The system will gobble itself up."
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"People start their lives at last when they are able to live for something other than themselves."
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"Being able to read, write, do your sums really transforms a human being."
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"I must always forget how one word is able to pick out another, to manner another, until I have got something I might have said... but did not."
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"I wanna better understand the world I live in, and I wanna be able to learn how to be more effective... I wanna learn and I wanna listen."
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"It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all."
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"He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas"
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"You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper and discover what a fool you were."
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