Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
The as if principle works. Act as if you were not afraid and you will become courageous, as if you could and you'll find you can. Act as if you like a person and you'll find a friendship.
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There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that kind of free-ranging release: You can say things in the therapist's office, with the therapist present, that would be incendiary or hurtful in your living room.
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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
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I don't think people should do things because you know, 'I am turning this age, I must go have a husband.' If you find somebody and it works out then have kids, it's very nice. But if you don't, you don't.
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It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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It is hard to imagine an area in which Congress has more express constitutional authority to act than in protecting the right of minorities to vote.
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There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.
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Faith is the biggest principle that the Bible teaches us.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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I have to admit, I'm not patriotic. It has partly to do with principle, but it is also a phobia/neurosis.
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But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.
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As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
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Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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For some reason, we stopped getting gold stars at some age. It's time to bring them back.
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It's such a crass idea - you're either in love or out of love.
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The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.
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The as if principle works. Act as if you were not afraid and you will become courageous, as if you could and you'll find you can. Act as if you like a person and you'll find a friendship.
