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"Every man loves what he is good at."
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"There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability."
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Abilities are powers an agent has to perform various actions. They include common abilities, like walking, and rare abilities, like performing a double backflip. Abilities are intelligent powers: they are guided by the person's intention and executing them successfully results in an action, which is not true for all types of powers. They are closely related to but not identical with various other
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