Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
Able
I’ve been able to reach from the streets to the suites.
If China stood on an equal basis with other nations, she could compete freely with them in the economic field and be able to hold her own without failure. But as soon as foreign nations use political power as a shield for their economic designs, then China is at a loss how to resist or to compete successfully with them.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
We would be able neither to remember nor to reflect nor to compare nor to think, indeed, we would not even be the person who we were a moment ago, if our concepts were divided among many and were not to be encountered somewhere together in their most exact combination.
Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.
Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.
I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it’s just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don’t quite believe that.
Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?
There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to aggression and libido, but which might also have some independent existence.