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Action Quote by Anais Nin

“Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.” quote by Anais Nin — Download Open image

“Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.”

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Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body's breath, and the strings' wails and moans are echoes of the body's music. It is the body's vibrations which ripple from the fingers. And the mystery of the withheld theme, known to jazz musicians alone, is like the mystery of our secret life. We…

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We don't have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.

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Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.

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The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic.

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Introspection is a devouring monster. You have to feed it with much material, much experience, many people, many places, many loves, many creations, and…

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I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated

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The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose on others.

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William Bernbach

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Every thought I have imprisioned in expression I must free by my deeds

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It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the…

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Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

Swami Vivekananda

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As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to…

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It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United States goes and takes action there on behalf of the Iraqi government. You've got Iran coming in and saying we're going to stand with (Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri) al-Maliki, so now we're aligning ourselves with Iran,…

For comedy action, I must know the language.

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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make…

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