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• Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
• It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
• Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
• Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
• Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
• Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
• Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
• Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
• We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
• Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
• All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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