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You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

~Evel Knievel

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I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I'm not a jack of all trades; I'm a master of many. I don't feel there is anything I can't do if I want to.

~Evel Knievel

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Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.

~Evelyn Glennie

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We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.

~Evelyn Waugh

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A lot of the geeks in Silicon Valley will tell you they no longer believe in the ability of policymakers in Washington to accomplish anything. They don't understand why people end up in politics; they would do much more good for the world if they worked at Google or Facebook.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Ability Accomplish Anything Believe End Facebook Geeks Good Google Longer Lot More Much People Policymakers Politics Silicon Silicon Valley Tell Understand Up Valley Washington Why Will Worked World Would You

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If China's expansion into Africa and Russia's into Latin America and the former Soviet Union are any indication, Silicon Valley's ability to expand globally will be severely limited, if only because Beijing and Moscow have no qualms about blending politics and business.

~Evgeny Morozov

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When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual horsepower and the ability to look at an issue and say something fresh.

~Ezra Klein

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Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.

~Ezra Pound

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Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family activities, and family budgeting. Don't be stingy with your time or with your means. Give her the opportunity to grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially as well as spiritually.

~Ezra Taft Benson

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There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and a fruit tree or two. Those families will be fortunate who, in the last days, have an adequate supply of food because of their foresight and ability to produce their own.

~Ezra Taft Benson

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