I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.
Albert Camus
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THOMAS CARLYLE He is a great batsman and capable of changing the fortunes of a game at any time.
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DERMARR JOHNSON You can capable of heroic deeds. Think well of yourself and act positively.
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CHARLIE VILLANUEVA A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
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BOBBY CLARK An educated man is not judged by the answers he knows, but by how many questions he is capable of as...
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JOS We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know wha...
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BUD BLACK Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great th...
HUGH SHELTON The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
ALBERT EINSTEIN He's a great player. He can line up anywhere on the field. He's capable of scoring from any spot.
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CHARLES ZANDERS As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.
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SOREN KIERKEGAARD A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
PAUL VALERY He reads much;He is a great observer, and he looksQuite through the deeds of men.
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HAL MCRAE A learned person is not learned in everything; but the capable person is capable in everything, even...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Cody pitched really well. It wasn't a great night to pitch; it was kind of cold. But he did real wel...
MARK STALKER If God has given us life, He is capable of any other thing.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA He pushed us hard. He didn't expect us to do well, he told us to do well. He knew what we were capab...
DANA TWIGG As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.
ELIAS CANETTI If I accept the fact that a god is absolute and beyond all human experiences, he leaves me cold. I d...
CARL GUSTAV JUNG I play against him in practice every day and I know what he's capable of. He's big and strong and he...
MATT HARYASZ I was shocked. There is no indication that he was capable of doing this.
BOB LINGL No one can hope that men who have fought in silence for four years and are now fighting all day long...
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ALBERT CAMUS Despite men's suffering, despite the blood and wrath, despite the dead who can never be replaced, th...
ALBERT CAMUS Well education makes you a man who is capable of doing anything systematically.
NISHI DE SILVA People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable o...
T.I. Our opponents will be well aware of him. In tight games, he is capable of breaking the deadlock. He ...
FLORENT MALOUDA ...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work,...
JOHN RUSKIN I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone amo...
WILLIAM FAULKNER He is more than capable of doing a great job for us and we are looking forward to getting him famili...
GEORGE HOWARD If he does what he's capable of doing, hitters won't hit him.
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BROOKS BOLLINGER I hoping that he strings together multiple games like that. He's capable of it. We know when he's on...
TROY DAYAK The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity;...
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MORGAN FREEMAN There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that...
GREGORY PECK I write non-fiction, and he didn't influence me. He was one of the great writers, but I don't know t...
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DAVE CONNOLLY I know what he's capable of doing and he's a good player and had a great year. I'm sure he'll contin...
COREY PATTERSON Mildred Pierce was capable of great acts of love as a mother.
KATE WINSLET Albert is a great teammate and a great person who is one of the best players in baseball. I take adv...
YADIER MOLINA He is capable of playing both guard positions because he is our best shooter.
ALAN BUSS It's not a task beyond his reach. He is capable of doing that.
FRANK ROBINSON In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is cap...
GEORGE HENRY LEWES We are all capable of evil thoughts, but only very rarely of evil deeds: we can all do good deeds, b...
CESARE PAVESE Remember me not for great deeds, but great kindness.
JIM GENOVESE Your body is an amazing creation, capable of performing great wonders, but you can destroy that mira...
HARRY J. JOHNSON I know that people can be better than they are. We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we di...
JAMES BALDWIN Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of disti...
DIOGENES This guy is a total fucking prick. I know I've said that before. Still. I would have taken great ple...
JENNIFER REINFRIED When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW We knew he was a great rider in the morning, but you never know … if he's going to be great in the...
PATRICK BIANCONE He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is
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JOHN LOCKE He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of ...
JOHN LOCKE The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.
ALBERT CAMUS You don’t even know me, or what I am capable of, boy.
S.R. CRAWFORD But who is Aslan? Do you know him?"
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C.S. LEWIS Let each become all that he was created capable of being.
THOMAS CARLYLE Time is not the great teacher. Experience is. A man may live a whole life, but if he never leaves hi...
LYNSAY SANDS We think he (Bunch) is capable of doing this every game.
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BRAD MCKINNEY Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.
VIKTOR FRANKL I don't know if the Democrats are capable of having a coordinated theme like that.
GARY JACOBSON The mind of man is capable of anything.
JOSEPH CONRAD Thou are great just like all-capable deities.
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DAN HINOTE It's very obvious watching him he's not as reckless and daring and playing like he's capable of. I d...
BILLY DONOVAN We are capable of great works through the mighty power of the Holy Spirit.
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ALBERT CAMUS You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question.
ALBERT CAMUS Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
ALBERT CAMUS Oh she's nice, she's kind, innocent too. She's probably pretty, the right one for you. So just forge...
ALBERT CAMUS He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
ALBERT CAMUS How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spa...
ALBERT CAMUS What is a rebel? A man who says no
ALBERT CAMUS Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
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