Act Quotes
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
Samuel Alexander -
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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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
Victoria Pendleton -
When I was a teenager, I had a record company after me. They wanted me to be a pop act. They said they wanted me to be the next Sonia. I was 16 at the time. I said, 'No thank you.'
Imelda May -
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 -
When I see something that's wrong, I just speak and act first and I'll take the consequences later.
Felix Dennis -
People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
Mae Whitman -
In the absence of a Congress ready to act to reduce gun violence, we will keep working to create a different Congress.
Gabrielle Giffords
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I want to show audiences I can act.
Jackie Chan -
I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.
Navi Rawat -
I think it's dawning on some Democrats that obstructing the Patriot Act, like they've been obstructing everything else, is bad for them politically.
Karl Rove -
Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
Gary Ackerman -
For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
Kate Christensen -
I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.
Dani Shapiro
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I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
Gail Carson Levine -
I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
Abhishek Bachchan -
I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.
Camren Bicondova -
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 -
I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
Yann Martel -
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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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
Katharine Hepburn -
In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system.
Ralph Fiennes -
When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.
Campbell Scott -
But I've had to act and not depend on my voice so much.
Samantha Mumba