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"Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects that interest me and there freedom of speech comes into it."
"You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life."
"I can’t let you go now. I want to go places with you; obscure little places, just to be able to say: here I came with her."
"I wanted to remember in order to be able to return."
"Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it."
"I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent."
"There was just too much evidence, from too many witnesses, pointing too many fingers at Ryan and his colleague for either defense team to have been able to portray it as a coincidence or a witch hunt or anything short of widespread corruption. And that's why we see this verdict."
"I think somebody should be able to do all my paintings for me."
"I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it."
"Obviously, our most pressing need is subsistence for the most vulnerable victims of Katrina, but we should not overlook the fact that the victims of Katrina also include middle-class Americans who have saved and invested, but now face an economic crisis, .. They should be able to tap into their savings and meet this crisis without facing an unfair penalty."
"Of course I regret not having been able to spend time with my family."
"I made my fortune by being able to spot a certain kind of man."
"There are a million and one fear tactics, just kick it out and at least be able to say that you tried."
"Not being able to go outside upsets me more than I can say, and I’m terrified our hiding place will be discovered and that we’ll be shot."
"At any rate, Daddy usually comes to my defence. Without him I wouldn't be able to stick out here."
"I think that if more people saw more things, they wouldn't be able to really help themselves."
"I love doing action. And I love doing dramatic films, and I'd never really been able to combine them."
"I'm just glad I was able to return to some of that innocence and beauty I had as a child when I started my own family, and my children brought me back some of that spirit."
"Its a wonderful feeling to be able to inspire back, to keep that flow going."
"I've been able to find a lot of what I've not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It's empowering to find those things."
