Act Quotes
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You come out of a meeting and you've put on a mask, which involves looking people in the eye, using certain mannerisms, certain phrases. Even if you learn to do it in a very seamless sort of way, you're still putting on an act. It's a very ex-hausting act.
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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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Criticism is, or ought to be, a judicious act.
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A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.
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It's scary for me to act. It's terrifying. But I must be addicted to the adrenaline rush of the fear. It's like bungee jumping, I suppose. But after I accomplish it, I get this great sense of satisfaction and an overwhelming feeling of well being.
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The spirit from which we act is the principal matter.
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You can't change who you are but you can surely make the best of it. And if you've got a thought act on it.
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To know and not to act is not to know.
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The generous mind adds dignity to every act, and nothing misbecomes it.
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I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.
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The most sublime act is to set another before you.
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To know is to care, to care is to act, to act is to make a difference.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration.
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Teams should be able to act with the same unity of purpose and focus as a well motivated individual.
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The romantic, spendthrift moral act is ultimately the practical one—the practical, expendient, cozy-dog move is the one that comes to grief.
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Every single courageous act of coming out chips away at the curse of homophobia. Most importantly it's destroyed within yourself, and that act creates the potential for its destruction where it exists in friends, family and society.
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Our act started at the bottom and went downhill.
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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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Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.
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Every act of self control leads to a sense of self-respect.
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When you truly have the courage to dream, you have the courage to act as well.
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Think for tomorrow but act for today.
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There's a small percentage of people who can act. There's a small percentage who get to do this for a living. There's a swath of the population that are able to keep a story in their head and fight all the battles against self-consciousness and the surreal unnaturalness of acting in a movie. The technical aspects you can learn fairly quickly.
