Action Quotes
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Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties.
Frederick Pollock
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Kitchen competition shows are so action-packed. They just get your adrenaline pumping.
Bill Rancic
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I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.
Lois Lowry
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Although we resolutely supported the armed struggle against Batista's tyranny, we were, on principle, opposed to any terrorist action that could cause the death of innocent people.
Fidel Castro
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There are several different ways we can get at unclogging the arteries of lending in America and helping working people achieve financial independence. Part of that is going to be through executive action. Part of that is going to be through reconciliation.
Jeb Hensarling
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I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
Jackie Chan
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We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
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While some sit on the sidelines and fail to offer any practical solutions to address high gas prices now, the House is once again taking action to meet the energy needs of the American people.
Dave Reichert
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What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.
Harold Washington
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I think as an action director; it comes kind of naturally to me to a certain extent, because I've done so much action myself - as my MRIs would suggest!
Alex O'Loughlin
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Balance your thoughts with action. - If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
Bruce Lee
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One day, my twin sister Sidra and I pranked Tyler Perry on the set of 'For Better or Worse.' I made her dress up as me and do a scene as if she were my character Angela. Tyler says, 'Action!' and my sister starts acting. It was horrible.
Tasha Smith
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It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.
Brian Helgeland
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Courage is action, not talk.
Jeff Rich The Climax Blues Band
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Perhaps the most significant thing George Lucas did in creating 'Star Wars' was to fictionalize the Tao - to spark a universe where we can talk about the Force in objective terms and show it in direct action.
Matthew Stover
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Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.
William Howard Taft
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People are looking for a way to take action, to do something other than donate on the Turnpike on their way to work, which seems impersonal.
Chuck Brown
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I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey.
John Eaton
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No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself.
Kali Uchis
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I'm sure everyone that has ever done an action movie has just drooled over how full of talent Bruce Lee was and how unique he was.
Jason Statham
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What we have seen of recent American action in the Pacific, the bombing of Tokyo and the engagements in the Coral Sea, off Midway Island and at Dutch Harbour, has been sufficient indication that America is beginning to discharge her supremely important duty in the Pacific.
Chiang Kai-shek
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Consider the sexual harassment which continually occurs between a secretary and a boss . . . while objectionable to many women, [it] is not a coercive action. It is rather part of a package deal in which the secretary agrees to all aspects of the job when she agrees to accept the job, and especially when she agrees to keep the job. The office is, after all, private property. The secretary does not have to remain if the 'coercion' is objectionable.
Walter Block
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An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
Jack Welch
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It is possible to argue that our present conception of revolution was staked out more securely in science than in political action.
Ian Hacking