"Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none."
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"Every one of us has the capacity to lead."
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"Action, as distinguished from fabrication, is never possible in isolation; to be isolated is to be deprived of the capacity to act."
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"There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows."
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"This capacity to go beyond the factors of conditioning is one of the obvious advantages of the human person."
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"I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism."
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"My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions."
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"Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight."
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"If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it."
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"The human being is born with an incurable capacity for making the best of things."
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"Few people are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application."
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"Capacity for joy Admits temptation."
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"The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman."
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"I think stress is anything going on in our lives that impinges on our capacity to have optimum well being."
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"Every day in every way, I am increasing my mental and physical capacity. I am reversing my biological age."
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"My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first"
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"Good performance is about the capacity to focus and concentrate."
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"The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal."
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"My greatest strength is to have a great capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant. My greatest weakness is that I don't. I know that's enigmatic, but that's sort of a general formula for anyone, actually."
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"a person hoping to become a poet must have the capacity of thinking of several things at a time."
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