Act Quotes
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But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing.
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This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.
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A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts - a "bundle of facts." Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the "law" because they act in that way.
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Psychology assumes that "things" are and "minds" are; and that, within certain limits determined by the so-called "nature" of both, they act causally upon each other.
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It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.
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It's fun to do voiceover work, although you still have to act. But it doesn't involve memorizing lines, and you don't have to dress up.
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For humans, the challenge is to unite soul and role, to discover the hidden wholeness that enables us to be in the world who we are in our souls, and to act in accordance with our deepest and truest natures.
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Anybody can act violently - there is nothing to it; but not every person is able to destroy his enemy with words.
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During the act of writing I have told myself something that I didn't know I knew.
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One cannot be held forever to a less-than-honorable act, after a life of great integrity, just because of one moment of weakness.
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The thinking of the world leads us to think shallowly and act too quickly.
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The most sublime act is to set another before you.
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Act so that the maxim of your act could be made the principle of a universal law.
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In 1666, an Act designed to promote the wool industry came into force, insisting that everyone should be buried in a woollen shroud. Other fibres, such as silk or linen, were banned.
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It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
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Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him.
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All I know is real life. I don't know how to act. I don't know how to pretend.
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He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.
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It's something that black men still go through to this day, which is women clutching their purses, hitting the lock button on store, or just basic attitudes. And even as a U.S. congressman, as a black man, it is very, very frustrating, and you build up an internal anger about it that you can't act on.
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Computers are like horses; they can sense fear and will act based on that.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then 'act as if' you know how to do the rest.
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Being an artist and a human in this world always means confronting people who make you feel like you have to act according to their rules.
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When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.
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You can't really discover the most interesting conflicts and problems in a subject until you've tried to write about them. At that point, one discovers discontinuities in the data, perhaps, or in one's own thinking; then the act of writing forces you to work harder to resolve these contradictions.
