Action Quotes
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Action is transitory, a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle, this way or that, 'Tis done--And in the after-vacancy, We wonder at ourselves, like men betrayed.
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Over at the Olivia Pope & Associates set, we're like middle school children. Every time there's a cut in the action, we joke and dance around; there's show tunes and fart noises.
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All you need to do is turn on the news, and in five minutes, you're depressed with the state of the world. Choosing joy is a completely active choice. It doesn't just happen. You can't just say, 'I want to be happy.' You have to take action.
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Picture books are the distillation of an idea, and you have to use just the right words. I love that, and I try to use a lot of action verbs.
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If I went back to live-action, I'd have to do it the Pixar way. If I didn't, I'd feel like I was walking a tightrope without a net.
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I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
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You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim.
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Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
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An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms.
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Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action.
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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
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In those days 1955, affirmative action was for whites only. I might still be working for the grocery store in the small Texas town where I grew up were it not for affirmative action for Southern white boys.
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My idea of a romantic night is to watch action films.
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The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.
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I'd love to do a movie with Denzel Washington, or some action star such as Matt Damon or Mark Wahlberg would be really cool, too.
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Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
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Presidential biography is, by its nature, out of scale; no character is bigger, no action greater, than the person and the doings of the American president.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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The E.U. needs a strategy that marries a shared vision to common action.
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Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
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The N.R.A.'s blessing of restrictions on bump stocks - devices that make semiautomatic weapons fire faster - is designed to pre-empt anything more serious by giving the illusion of action. It substitutes accessory control for actual gun control.
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I've actually done a lot of on-screen, live-action stuff prior to 'Adventure Time.'