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Act Quotes by Fernando Pessoa
- It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.
- Let's develop theories patiently and honestly thinking them out, in order to promptly act against them - acting and justifying our actions with new theories…
- I'm astounded whenever I finish something. Astounded and distressed. My perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing: it should inhibit me from even beginning. But…
- Every gesture is a revolutionary act.
- I'm the empty stage where various actors act out various plays.
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