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“It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everything. I can't. A 'Highlander' movie is basically my thing. What I'm attempting to do is develop my ability as an actor and try to be the best I can be in the fantasy/action genre.”

Knows Trying May I Can Action Actors Can Do Ability Mistake Fantasy Limitation Genre Being The Best Can Not Attempting De Niro Highlander

Author:Christopher Lambert

“Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener.”

Trying Made Ability Study Design Expression Skills Aspect Listeners Observers Facial Facial Expression Astute

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“I think that's what I love about writing, is the ability to try to, in a sense, take a vacation from yourself and try to enter the sensibility of another time, another character, another place.”

Thinking Writing Trying Character Ability Vacation Sensibility Another Time

Author:Ron Rash

“For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the expression on people's faces.”

People Trying Faces Ability Forever Expression Broken Awkward Cracked Trust Others

Book:No Longer Human

Source: No Longer Human

“I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.”

Trying Long Term Ability Careers Skills Long Term

Author:Martha Wainwright

“As an exercise in appreciation, try for one hour to feel grateful for every single thing you find yourself doing. When you read, be grateful you can see and read. When you walk, be grateful for the use of your feet. When you talk, be grateful for the ability to communicate with others. For a full hour do not take even the smallest action for granted. Be aware of every detail of what you can do. Anyone who does this daily for even a short time will have a much greater appreciation for everything he does.”

“Lesson number one in trying to develop the ability of independent thought: Understand that EVERYTHING the government says has the potential to be lies and deception. You can believe it's the truth only after you question, exhaust every avenue, and find that their story checks out. If you're a patriot, it's your duty to always question your government anyway, at every turn. A patriot is loyal to his country and his countrymen, not his government.”

“I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.”

Thinking Want Giving Trying Moments Stuff Ability Scene Pages Spontaneity

Author:Ben Stiller

“To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel the urgency of such a situation.”

Feels Trying Real Ability Situation Hunger Academic Urgency Miscellaneous

Author:Eleanor Roosevelt

“Symphony is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new. Visual artists in particular are good at seeing how the pieces come together. I experienced this myself by trying to learn to draw.”

Trying Bigs Together Artist Ability Pieces Seeing Particular Draws Visuals Something New Symphony Dots Big Picture Visual Art Ability To See Visual Artist

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“Profanity is the result of a weak mind trying to express itself forcably.”

Trying Mind Ability Results Weak Profanity Weak Minds

Author:Randall Dale Adams

“To it, more than to anything else, I owe whatever success I have had - to this power of settling down to the day's work and trying to do it to the best of one's ability, and letting the future take care of itself.”

Trying Care Ability Take Care Settling Settling Down

Book:Aequanimitas

Source: Aequanimitas

“I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?”

Knows Giving Trying Mean Littles Would Be Ability Periods Meetings Making Money Confused Confusing Erode

Author:Bill Gates