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“I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.”

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Author:Rachel McAdams

“For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice.”

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Author:Cat Power

“It's sort of the mixed blessing of being on television for so long in one thing; sometimes that backfires, in that you're not able to continue on.”

Long Sometimes Able One Thing Television Blessing Backfire

Author:Katey Sagal

“I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably.”

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Author:Jhonen Vasquez

“If there is one thing I long for above all else, it's that the years to come may see Christianity in this country able again to capture the imagination of our culture.”

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Author:Rowan Williams

“I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once.”

Thinking Years Two Facts Able One Thing Two Things

Author:Jane Smiley

“It reflects no great honour on a painter to be able to execute one thing well.”

Wells Able One Thing Painter Honour Competence

Book:A Treatise on Painting: the Painting Art

Source: A Treatise on Painting: the Painting Art

“Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.”

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Author:Bobby Hull

“People accuse me of being Methody, but I'm not at all. The one thing I don't want people to see is me. I don't want them to be able to recognize my faults and failures and qualities, and I won't use those things to spark off emotions or to illustrate.”

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Author:Kristin Scott Thomas

“My mother is my hero just because, what life becomes about is overcoming adversity, and I watched her overcome so many things in life but still able to smile. See it's one thing to overcome adversity and to be scarred and to carry that with you but when you have somebody overcomes adversity and they're still able to smile that's something else. That's true strength.”

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Author:Rashad Evans

“When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus. One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I'm working. Because when there's all this stuff going on, for me to be able to put on headphones and listen to music helps me keep my focus,. A big part of creating a character for me is finding the general palette for what kind of music I'm going to be listening to.”

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Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“To touch on people's lives [ in a way they ] haven't been touched on before, it´s fascianting. You know, it's one thing if [ a celebrity ] has an incredible character and you're really going to be able to delve into their personality – that's great. But you can never get real purity if people have been spoiled by the camera and don't trust you. I like feeling that I'm able to be a voice for those people who aren't famous, the people that don't have the great opportunities.”

“There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.”

Knows Problem Able One Thing Theory Tests Testing

Author:Brian Schmidt

“We are able to choose what we want - you don't have to accept one thing from one tradition. It's a melting pot.”

Want Able Accepting One Thing Tradition Pot Melting Melting Pot

Author:Elizabeth Lesser

“I'm an impatient guy and tend not to like to stay with one thing for a long time. I'll never be able to write as many scripts as I did for "Felicity" or "Alias" ever again. I'm just too impatient these days. I want to get on to the next project.”

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Author:J. J. Abrams

“No man who can do any one thing well will be able to any different thing equally well.”

Men Wells Different Able Can Do One Thing Different Things

Author:John Constable

“It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.”

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Author:Benazir Bhutto

“Adolf Hitler may have been wrong all down the line, but one thing is beyond dispute: the man was able to work his way up from lance corporal in the German Army to Führer of a people of almost 80 million. His success alone proved that I should subordinate myself to this man.”

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Author:Adolf Eichmann

“Whenever I look at the history of presidents I deeply admire - the one thing that I'm always struck by is persistence. It's a quality that's underrated. Being able to plough through, being able to stay buoyant in the face of challenges.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“Knowing that one may be subject to bias is one thing; being able to correct it is another.”

May Reason Able Knowing One Thing Subjects Bias

Book:Explaining Social Behavior

Source: Explaining Social Behavior

“An ex-girlfriend once got upset when I told her that music is the most important thing in my life. It's more important than anyone else could ever be. I don't want to be overly dramatic and say it's the only thing that gets me up and keeps me going. But people in your life come and go. As you go through your life, you make friendships, you break friendships, you have relationships. Music is the one thing I've always been able to rely on.”

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Author:Ben Gibbard

“I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music. My drug and alcohol addiction was the one thing holding me back. I had finally gotten the tools to stay sober, and it was just a matter of writing the songs.”

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Author:Macklemore

“I think that one thing that people are missing is that we are never going to be able to fix this country's [American] economy in the long run until we fix our public education system.”

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Author:Michelle Rhee