"Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish."
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"The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary."
"The capacity to transfer production elsewhere is a weapon against the Western workers."
"I would like to work with Pat [ Leonard] in any capacity. I would love to hear his versions."
"Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President."
"It's love and the capacity for love that distinguishes one human being from another."
"Nature has made us a present of a broad capacity for entertaining ourselves apart, and often calls us to do so, to teach us that we owe ourselves in part to society, but in the best part to ourselves."
"You need to be careful not to over-reach and also assess the capacity you have to work with."