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Modern man is in crisis. He has degenerated from the redoubtable pillar he became through centuries of refinement and slipped resignedly into the popular depiction of himself as a witless under-achiever, incapable of looking after himself or those around him.
James May
Man
Looking
Those
Crisis
Through
He
Him
Himself
Became
Around
Pillar
Refinement
Modern
Modern Man
Depiction
After
Centuries
Incapable
Popular
One reason I'm such a wayward prognosticator of rightwing trends is that I'm incapable of blacking out enough neural sectors to see the world through reptilian-brained eyes, a prerequisite for any true channeling of the mean resentments and implanted fears that drive hardcore conservatives.
James Wolcott
Eyes
World
Fears
Drive
Enough
Conservatives
Channeling
Trends
Sectors
Out
See
Neural
Through
True
Any
Mean
Incapable
Reason
Hardcore
Prerequisite
It's better for candidates to suggest ideas that are responsible, not ones that are incapable of being executed. People are influenced by what their leaders tell them. And bringing the level of rhetoric down brings the temperature down.
Jeh Johnson
People
Better
Down
Tell
Responsible
Temperature
Leaders
Ideas
Executed
Candidates
Being
Influenced
Rhetoric
Them
Incapable
Level
Bringing
Suggest
Brings
People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole.
Jennifer Connelly
Relationship
People
Feeling
Incredible
Intimate
Hunger
Kind
Some
Having
Void
Feel
Make
Any
Them
Turn
Incapable
Product
Who
Whole
External
I think I'm right-brained, incapable of managing my way out of a brown paper bag.
Jeremy Grantham
Think
Way
Paper
Paper Bag
Out
Brown
Bag
Managing
Incapable
I know I'm incapable of orchestrating an entire film.
John Denver
Entire
Know
Incapable
Film
I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to bring it up.
John Grogan
Best
Me
Wife
Thought
Long
Took
Propose
How
Making
Making Decisions
Up
Just
Decisions
Ask
Incapable
Second
Bring
It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people.
Jose Saramago
People
Will
Difficult
Take
Part
Democratically
Accepting
Understand
Referendum
Then
Incapable
Elections
Who
Little girls are taught to be dependent, incapable of valuing themselves in many aspects of their daily lives.
Josefina Vazquez Mota
Daily
Girl
Valuing
Taught
Dependent
Little
Little Girls
Themselves
Incapable
Aspects
Many
Lives
Daily Lives
Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families.
Kim Campbell
Service
Best
Needs
World
Enormous
Programs
Meeting
Resources
Systems
Thousands
Allocate
Had
Tens
Tens Of Thousands
True
Still
Years
Governments
Families
Canadian
Social
Incapable
Many
Social Service
I think backstory is really important to know because I'm all about prep work. I like to do all of my work right away, as soon as I get it. I'm incapable of procrastinating on anything, so I like to do all of the work.
Krysten Ritter
Work
Important
Think
About
Soon
Like
Know
Because
Get
Anything
Really
Incapable
Prep
Away
Right
Right Away
Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
Maelle Gavet
Good
Scandals
Only
Industries
Greater
Greater Good
Proved
Repeated
Fantasy
Incapable
Across
Companies
Multiple
Largely
Fundamentally
The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.
Marc Bloch
Definition
Absolutely
Facts
He
Observing
Historian
Which
Incapable
I have learnt that I am incapable of packing the right amount of clothing, probably because I start 10 minutes before I'm supposed to leave, and that I truly hate airports.
Marcus Brigstocke
Hate
Before
Airport
Minutes
Supposed
Because
Learnt
Am
Leave
Truly
Clothing
Packing
Incapable
Right
Amount
Start
I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in front of hundreds of people and be incapable of talking. I'm afraid that I'll make a complete fool of myself and be unable to go on.
Marcus Buckingham
Myself
Fool
People
Fear
Nervous
Before
Complete
Hundreds
Extremely
Hundreds Of People
Unable
Make
Talking
Still
Go
Get
Front
Afraid
Biggest
Incapable
Standing
Speeches
I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.
Maria Mitchell
Music
Appreciating
Born
Instance
Incapable
You don't want to hit readers over the head like they're completely incapable of picking up on subtlety.
Mark Waid
You
Head
Picking
Over
Like
Readers
Up
Hit
Want
Subtlety
Incapable
Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.
Mary Astell
Wisdom
Women
Men
Has-Been
Must
Folly
Determined
More
Perhaps
Wit
Although
Said
Been
Malice
Women Are
Than
Either
Incapable
Means
Acting
Grant
Naturally
Necessarily
We are all equal not because we partake in some peculiar nature or because we share in the same credo of unreasoned beliefs, but because we take it that no thinking being is incapable of seeing reason.
Matthew Stewart
Nature
Thinking
Seeing
Some
Take
Share
Partake
Equal
Because
Same
Being
Incapable
Reason
Beliefs
Peculiar
I think leaders are incapable of the strength that passive resistance entails.
Meshell Ndegeocello
Strength
Think
Entails
Leaders
Passive
Incapable
Resistance
I am incapable of speaking of myself and of my life and the states of my soul, I am discreet to an almost pathological degree, and there is nothing I can do against that.
Milan Kundera
Life
Myself
Soul
Degree
My Life
Nothing
States
My Soul
Almost
Am
Discreet
Pathological
Against
Incapable
Speaking
I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else.
Miriam Margolyes
Else
Talent
Am
Doing
May
Anything
Anything Else
Incapable
Acting
I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir.
Mitch Albom
Me
Writing
Tell
Memoir
Had
Very
Incapable
Publisher
The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it.
Murray Kempton
Best
Commitment
Strong
Men
Beauty
Lasting
Understood
Often
Incapable
It seems that Argentina is incapable of looking critically at its tragic military adventure in the Falklands.
Pepe Eliaschev
Looking
Military
Critically
Seems
Argentina
Adventure
Tragic
Incapable
In their zeal to show compassion, liberal community activists are quick to offer government handouts and, in the process, convey the message that people are incapable of making it on their own.
Rachel Campos-Duffy
Government
People
Compassion
Own
Community
Liberal
Message
Making
Quick
Offer
Process
Convey
Incapable
Show
Zeal
Activists
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