I did a year at Leeds, studying English. They basically threw me out, because I was taking too much time off to… — Holliday Grainger Copy Share Image
The mind as well as the body must be not only strong but well disciplined in order to act with promptness and… — Benjamin Robbins Curtis Copy Share Image
“Make her smile, make her laugh and make her happy; because this is the only Truth, Meaning & Beauty act any human… — Sameh Elsayed Copy Share Image
When you act, you're being asked to pretend in a very rigid, controlled environment. It's very un-childlike. So a lot of times,… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that kind of free-ranging release: You can… — Laura Wasser Copy Share Image
I was 10 when the Equal Pay Act was passed. It was pretty inspiring stuff. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
In 'The Pianist,' Polanski transformed his ghastly knowledge of the camps into an act of artistic self-expression. — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
Ach, the way I act sometimes I could quite feasibly be a woman in my 60s or 70s. — Liza Tarbuck Copy Share Image
We really accomplished what we set out to do with the Recovery Act programs, which was to fill the lending gap created… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
Life-writing calls for any number of dubious gifts: A touch of O.C.D., a lack of imagination, a large desk, neutrality of Swiss… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
To draft a bill of rights that simply replicates the European convention on human rights gives the game away; namely that the… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
The poem is never complete in the mind. It emerges, and then it's like an act of unveiling. The unveiling is the… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
“No struggle, no success! The strongest thunder strikes often bring the heaviest rainfall! The weight of your fulfillment depends on how wide… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If I can't act, I would go to college and maybe be a veterinarian. — Megan Charpentier Copy Share Image
“Know that dreaming is a waste of sleeping time and energy if you don’t wake up to achieve them.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I have always been good at auditioning, but maybe because I had a good trick at the beginning. I would pretend that… — James Marsden Copy Share Image
The mind and body are not separate units, but one integrated system. How we act and what we think, eat, and feel… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
When somebody says, 'Action,' I act. When they say, 'Cut,' that's my job. I've done it. — James Callis Copy Share Image
In America, you have the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. You've got drones now being considered for domestic surveillance. You have… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
The very controversial National Identification Act of 1991, requiring all United States citizens to carry identification, has greatly enhanced the ability of… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
There is no verb for compassion, but you have an adverb for compassion. That's interesting to me. You act compassionately. But then,… — Dayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
