Act Quotes

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For me, exploration is about that journey to the interior, into your own heart. I'm always wondering, how will I act at my moment of… — Anne Bancroft
If you don't act now while it's fresh in your mind, it will probably join the list of things you were always going to do… — Paul Clitheroe
I wish that we lived in a time and a generation where people would stop viewing my honesty as overly emotional. People always act like… — Drake
Writing, or at least good writing, is an outgrowth of that urge to use language to communicate complex ideas and experiences between people. And that's… — John Green
If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put… — Anton Chekhov
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter. — Edward Albee
The act of composition is a series of discoveries. — E L Doctorow
I chart a little first-list of names, rough synopsis of chapters, and so on. But one daren't overplan; so many things are generated by the… — Anthony Burgess
Right now-whether you're in writing courses getting "paid" in credit for writing, or burdened and distracted by earning a living and changing diapers-figure out how… — Janet Burroway
All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like… — Truman Capote
A writer's life is so hazardous that anything he does is bad for him. Anything that happens to him is bad: failure's bad, success is… — E L Doctorow
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair - the sense that you can never completely put on the… — Stephen King
Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your mind." — Joan Didion
If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view… — John Shelby Spong
I believe that, through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around us. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in… — Sarah Ellis
Making pictures is a very simple act. There is no great secret in photography...schools are a bunch of crap. You just need practice and application… — Elliott Erwitt
We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day. We… — Joe McNally
I like to think of photographing as a two-way act of respect. Respect for the medium, by letting it do what it does best, describe.… — Garry Winogrand

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