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I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other… — Ntozake Shange
And this is the Anarchistic definition of the State: the embodiment of the principle of invasion in an individual, or a band of individuals, assuming… — Benjamin Tucker
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals,… — Isaac Barrow
This act is as horrible as killing a cancer cell. It must be done for the sake of the future of the whole. So be… — Barbara Marx Hubbard
History is the long struggle of man, by exercise of his reason, to understand his environment and to act upon it. But the modern period… — Edward Hallett Carr
Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness. — Patrick Lencioni
Marketing is the act of inventing the product. The effort of designing it. The craft of producing it. The art of pricing it. The technique… — Seth Godin
Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to stop. — Seth Godin
As with every aspect of our sanctification, the renewal of the mind may be painful and difficult. It requires hard work and discipline, inspired by… — Nancy Pearcey
But an adult if he is to provide proper guidance, must always be calm and act slowly so that the child who is watching him… — Maria Montessori
Marriage means handing over yourself, your body, your future, your keeping to the one whom you dearly love, although this person may, in many ways,… — Ravi Zacharias
Progress without the reasoned freedom to think and act is regression to slavery. — Richard John Neuhaus
When I read a story, I relive the moment from which it sprang. A scene burned itself into me, a building magnetized me, a mood… — Elizabeth Bowen
Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all… — Julian Assange
The whole universe or the structure that perceives it is a worthy opponent, but try as I may I can not escape the sound of… — Julian Assange
It [the State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every… — H. L. Mencken
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to assume that their president, hostile to the principles that formed the… — Unknown Author
The essence of intelligence would seem to be in knowing when to think and act quickly, and knowing when to think and act slowly. — Robert Sternberg
The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason. — Joseph Glanvill
And I'll act like I have faith, and like that faith never ends, but I really just have friends. — Dar Williams

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