Act Quotes
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Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.
V. S. Naipaul
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I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged.
Gary Johnson
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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
Victoria Pendleton
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Never act like you want it, darlin'. Act like you wouldn't own it if they paid you. Tell them it's dirty, broken...a useless thing. Then make an offer.
Billie Letts
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They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.
J. D. Salinger
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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.
Adam Cohen
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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
Olga Kurylenko
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
Ada Yonath
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
Harrison Ford
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People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
A. P. Herbert
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One of the good things was the Homeland Security Act, and a real awareness of public safety, ... There was a closer unity of the nation and, most importantly, I believe 9-1-1 brought people closer to their faith.
Larry Williams
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
Edie McClurg
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Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own.
Albert Einstein
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Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit act. It's unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and somebody went into your closet and stole it. That's how I feel.
J. D. Salinger
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It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday.
Veerappa Moily
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Evil doesn’t have to be an overt act; it can be merely the absence of good. If you have the ability, the resources, and the opportunity to do good and you do nothing, that can be evil.
Yvon Chouinard
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Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.
R. C. Sproul
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A library implies an act of faith.
Victor Hugo
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My goal is to continue to act and still be a professional kiteboarder.
Maika Monroe
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People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
Mae Whitman
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
Lao Tzu
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When you act a scene with Sidney Poitier, he listens intently to every word you say. You can feel your words hit him. He makes the scene utterly real.
Judy Geeson