Action Quotes
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Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.
Emma Goldman -
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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The idea that everything is purposeful really changes the way you live. To think that everything that you do has a ripple effect, that every word that you speak, every action that you make affects other people and the planet.
Victoria Moran -
I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot.
Orlando Bloom -
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
Indira Gandhi -
Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
Ralph Ellison -
Selfless action is a source of strength.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Actually the action called a kiss represented nothing more for me than some place where my spirit could seek shelter.
Yukio Mishima
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Interface, of the resonant interval as 'where the action is', whether chemical, psychic or social, involves touch.
Marshall McLuhan -
Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions.
Luke Scott -
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
John Dewey -
The guys on 'Game of Thrones' trust me implicitly to take care of the action stuff. I don't mess with their drama, but they allow me to come up with ideas like 'Hey, what if the giant had a bow? And what if he shot some guy off the wall?' With 'Constantine,' too, they really trust me to scare the audience.
Neil Marshall -
The action-movie genre is a very difficult one to get satiated in terms of your acting bits.
Jason Statham -
The first principle of all action is leisure.
Aristotle
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I suffer from a more complex, persistent fear. It manifests itself in nerves, and on film the camera sees even the tiniest evidence of this. So you have to learn that when the director calls 'Action,' you don't go to this place of tension, but somehow you become free.
Eddie Redmayne -
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
W. Clement Stone -
When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.
Zack Snyder -
I think if someone were to ask me to put in one sentence what it is that I do, I would say that I try to be in action more than in words.
Chris Doubek -
I'm not a fan of action movies.
Olivier Megaton -
Christianity began as a religion of the poor and dispossessed - farmers, fishermen, Bedouin shepherds. There's a great lure to that kind of simplicity and rigor - the discipline, the call to action.
Camille Paglia
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DIRECTIONS FOR USING: For THINKING:-Wind the Clockwork Man under his left arm, (marked No. 1). For SPEAKING:-Wind the Clockwork Man under his right arm, (marked No. 2). For WALKING and ACTION:-Wind Clockwork Man in the middle of his back, (marked No. 3). N. B.-This Mechanism is guaranteed to work perfectly for a thousand years.
L. Frank Baum -
Life is funny. Life isn't categorized into comedy, drama, action, is it?So I don't know why they try to categorize everything. It drives me crazy-why it would have to be just a romantic comedy or... I want to have a little integrity, a little story, you know?
Jennifer Aniston -
Good intentions are useless until they are expressed in appropriate action!
Napoleon Hill -
I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
Mahershala Ali