Stories have the ability to take us inside all kinds of life.
We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can.
I think the New York theater audience is very savvy. Sometimes you get newbies who think they're going to be watching Smash onstage, and sometimes you have people who have been coming to theater for years. It's the combination of those people in an audience that makes for a pretty amazing night - their ability to give each other permission to react and enjoy, in a way that maybe they wouldn't if they weren't sitting next to each other.
We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today.
For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character?
It's more important than ever to define yourself in terms of what you stand for rather than what you make, because what you make is going to become outmoded faster than it has at any time in the past. . . . hang on to the idea of who you are as a company, and focus not on what you do, but on what you could do. By being really clear about what you stand for and why you exist, you can see what you could do with a much more open mind. You enhance your ability to adapt to change.
I am unlimited in my own ability to create the good in my life.
I would love to have the ability to see inside everyone's heart before I heard them speak or even saw their faces.
The sign of intelligence is the ability to carry opposed thoughts at the same time.
The achievement of great things though comes from the ability to manage yourselfvery, very, very well. Or at least well enough where you almost become compulsive about getting certain things done. You have to set a standard for yourself that's. very, very, very high and you have to manage your thoughts to where they need to be allow yourself to be successful, at what your trying to do.
It must be quite difficult, concealing your superior male qualities behind a mask of feigned humility. ” Why, Gillian, it’s that very ability that makes us so superior.
That fundamentally undermines your ability to access the best part of your instincts. So my advice to those people would be stop thinking and introspecting so much and do a little more acting.
My attitude about teaching has always been the same. From early on, I wanted to make yoga accessible so that anyone, regardless of ability, could experience its wonder, joy, and power. I encourage students to question, learn, and develop their own personal practice.
What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism.
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
My aim in homeschooling is to give my children the ability to be an adult learner, a skill set that will last the rest of their lives.
Through your ability to think and feel, you have dominion over all creation.
I have learned that much of my spiritual progress does not come directly from God, but through my ability to humble myself and hear Him speak through imperfect people. In fact, I have discovered that it pleases Him to hide His manifold wisdom in a variety of people and denominational perspectives. I know that the more I humble myself to others, the broader my understanding of God has actually become.
Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the opponent - it is precisely these qualities that distinguish great players.
I think the community that you're in really can define your ability to be at peace with your circumstances.