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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.

~Dakota Fanning

Topics: Ability Athletic Being Could Forced Grandparents Had Natural Parents Play Player Pretend Realised Sure Tennis Tennis Player Wanted Well

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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

~Dalai Lama

Topics: Ability Better Better World Build Own Potential Realization Self-Confidence World

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I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.

~Dalai Lama

Topics: Ability Cannot Compassion Human Increased Produce Really Technology Think I Think

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There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.

~Dalai Lama

Topics: Ability Adopt Anyone Buddhism Buddhist Christian Compassion Course Develop Devotion Forgive Meditation Methods Monks Nuns Order Techniques Use Who

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Over the years, the technology of trade has changed in response to advances in the ability to communicate. From its origins on the streets of Chicago, the Board of Trade moved to a building housing 'trading pits' for the open-outcry exchange by brokers representing buyers and sellers.

~Dale T. Mortensen

Topics: Ability Advances Board Broker Building Buyers Changed Chicago Communicate Exchange Housing Moved Origins Over Representing Response Sellers Streets Technology Trade Trading Years

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I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.

~Dale T. Mortensen

Topics: Ability Available Become College Courses Engineer Good Good Student High High School Interests Looking Mathematical Mathematics Program School Science Student Took Usual

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With Biggie, I thought his flow and his swag was better than Tupac's, but I thought Tupac's passion and ability to relate to the average person was better than Biggie, and I thought Nas was kind of like both, with a lot substance going but a lot of swag.

~Damian Lillard

Topics: Ability Average Average Person Better Biggie Both Flow Going His Kind Like Lot Passion Person Relate Substance Than Thought Tupac

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When we as a society lose the ability to comment on what we see and to have an opinion on what we are exposed to, then we have all lost what makes us unique on this planet.

~Damian Loeb

Topics: Ability Comment Exposed Lose Lost Makes Opinion Planet See Society Then Unique Us

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I guess I was phenomenally lucky that I was introduced to dancing because I'm suited to it. It would be very weird if you had this natural ability for something and you never discovered it. It must happen all the time.

~Damian Woetzel

Topics: Ability Because Dancing Discovered Guess Had Happen Introduced Lucky Must Natural Never Something Suited Time Very Weird Would You

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'Painting like a child' isn't a negative for me... it's something only great artists can really achieve. The childlike quality of some of Picasso's drawings is precisely what makes them so masterful and extraordinary; the ability to express complete visions, feelings and portraits through a continuous line.

~Damien Hirst

Topics: Ability Achieve Artists Child Childlike Complete Continuous Drawings Express Extraordinary Feelings Great Like Line Makes Me Negative Only Painting Picasso Portraits Precisely Quality Really Some Something Them Through Visions

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