Act Quotes
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In order to act, you must be somewhat insane .A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
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I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
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The act of observing a quantum event probabalistically influences its outcome.
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Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform.
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I try to act out of faith.
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The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience.
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They lack the ultimate audacity.” Caldwell nodded, frowning. “They possess a certain inventiveness, they plan superbly, they execute with ferocity and care. But then there comes that moment.” He glanced at his son-in-law with a quick, fond smile. “That terribly lonely moment when you must make a further decision—a huge one. One that has nothing to do with everything you’ve anticipated. With the whole future in doubt, with hopelessly inadequate information and exhausted from the strain of the battles already fought, you have to summon up all your energies and decide, quickly and clearly; and act.” He took his pipe from his mouth. “That’s where they break down.
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A newspaper, not having to act on its descriptions and reports, but only to sell them to idly curious people, has nothing but honor to lose by inaccuracy and non-veracity.
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Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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If you think confident, you act confident.
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Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that can be controlled or altered by an act of will.
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Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
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To die in the act of killing is, in essence, to die defeated.
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That's the whole challenge of life - to act with honor and hope and generosity, no whatter what you've drawn. You can't help when or what you were born, you may not be able to help how you die; but you can - and you should - try to pass the days between as a good man.
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If you act like an adult when you're a kid you can afford to act like a kid the rest of your life.
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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
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Those who have no hope for a future life are already dead for the present one.
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If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis we can keep ourselves for ever in the pit of want.
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The older you get, the more important it is to not act your age.
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It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed.
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It's very important to understand how to act in any situation.
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People think they have to be good before they can act good. But ... it works just as well the other way 'round.
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Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a liberal or conservative activity; it is a sacred act.
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I can't drive, so I don't need a flash car, and I like living at home, so I don't need a mansion. I'm sensible with money. It's not why I act.
