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"Let this be our rule for goodwill and helpfulness, that whenever we are able to assist others we should behave as stewards who must someday give an account of ourselves."
"People can come and see me, and I have the pleasure of being able to talk to them."
"I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough."
"Now, nothing should be able to harm a man except himself. Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has, is what is in him. What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance."
"I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed."
"Forgiveness is something that we are often asked to grant and very few of us ever have the roadmap of how to get from the pain that we have experienced to being able to forgive someone."
"Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character."
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right."
"Censorship should never be allowed. One should be able to say anything. But I refuse to let politics be foisted on me."
"If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion"
"To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue."
"I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain."
"No one recognizes me. And I hope that I can always go out without being recognized. Maybe that limits you in some way but I like to be able to pull my hair back in a ponytail and get groceries without anyone noticing."
"I've met a lot of pin-up girls, but I've never been able to pin one down"
"But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen."
"There are times when I've been feeling something and played a solo that I've never been able to repeat."
"There's more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, you'll be able to enjoy your success more. It won't own you or control you."
"I love being able to be political without any political affiliation."
"I believe it is time for new leadership that is able to leave the '70s behind."
"The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work."
