#capacities

All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that limited as their capacities were, they were yet able to manufacture them. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

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Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

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Initially we performed in halls with capacities of 1,000. ↗

— Neville Marriner

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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. ↗

— Walter Scott

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Alleged "impossibilities" are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

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I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work. ↗

— Diane Lane

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