#ability

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to make friends and find mentors. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#due #fast #find #friends #his

Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective. ↗

— Ron Fournier

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I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#access #because #digital #director #disk

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances. ↗

— Viktor E. Frankl

#attitude #chose #circumstances #freedoms #given

I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter. ↗

— Soleil Moon Frye

#gifts #heal #i #i think #important

Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have emphasized in recent years. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#banks #central #emphasized #experience #fairly

Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#insofar #international #international law #law #legal