Act Quotes
8447 quotes by 5005 authors
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The act of meditation is being spacious.
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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And even though i act crazy I gotta thank the lord that you made meh.
— Tupac Shakur
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It's funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you'd do. It's terrific.
— Mike Krzyzewski
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
— Nelson Mandela
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One vote, one act or one person can change the course of history. I also thought of the lawyers who daily and tirelessly labor in…
— Martha Barnett
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When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Without a visual identity, we have no community, no support network, no movement. Making ourselves visible is a political act, making ourselves visible is a…
— Joan E. Biren
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Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends...every man…
— John Brown
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Buying wine is a political act.
— Jonathan Nossiter
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Where all your rights become only an accumulated wrong; where men must beg with bated breath for leave to subsist in their own land, to…
— Roger Casement
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The evolution of culture is ultimately determined by the amount of love, understanding and freedom experienced by its children... Every abandonment, every betrayal, every hateful…
— Lloyd deMause
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Power is not merely shouting aloud. Power is to act positively with all the components of power.
— Gamal Abdel Nasser
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The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.
— Jean Toomer
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The danger is that people may mistake what is basically a change in vocabulary for a change in behavior, practices, and attitudes. While practically all…
— Whitney M. Young
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I want to live in a world where people become famous because of their work for peace and justice and care. I want the famous…
— Patch Adams
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No man's ambitions (have) a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice.
— John Peter Altgeld
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I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle…
— Cesar Chavez
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right…
— Nelson Mandela
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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own
— Marilyn vos Savant
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When I went into Bobby's World, I had no idea it would be a success. I had been doing the Bobby voice as part of…
— Howie Mandel
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