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“At moments of departure and a change of life, people capable of reflecting on their actions usually get into a serious state of mind. At these moments they usually take stock of the past and make plans for the future.”

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Book:War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Source: War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

“Studying chimps, I came to the conclusion that being evil is something that only humans are capable of. A chimp would never plan to pull another's nails out. The chimps' way of aggression is quick and brutal. I compare them to gang attacks.”

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Author:Jane Goodall

“I don't want to, I don't plan my career based on what I want people to believe I'm capable of doing. So I just take things that I think might be good or might be fun to do or might ultimately entertain.”

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Author:Steve Carell

“It is the greatest folly of which a man can be capable to sit down with a slate and pencil to plan out a new social world.”

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Book:Selected Essays of William Graham Sumner

Source: Selected Essays of William Graham Sumner

“You must want to be first-class ...meaning the best, the very best you are capable of becoming. If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be deeply unhappy for the rest of your life. You will be evading your own capacities, your own possibilities.”

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Author:Abraham Maslow

“Let kids dream! Let them fantasize. Let them plan all these great things they want to be. Stoke it, instead of limiting what you think people can do and limiting what you think their capabilities are. And liberals, by definition, do that. They don't think anybody's capable of much. That's why government's need.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

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Author:Abraham Maslow

“Love is the wanting, and the having, and the choosing, and the becoming. Love is the desire to see the person we love be and become all he or she is capable of being and becoming. Love is a willingness to lay down our own personal plans, desires, and agenda for the good of the relationship. Love is delayed gratification, pleasure, and pain. Love is being able to live and thrive apart, but choosing to be together.”

Source: The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved