Act Quotes

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Pornography is the quadraphonics of sex. It adds a third and fourth track to the sexual act. It is the hallucination of detail that rules.… — Jean Baudrillard
Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity… — Thomas Paine
People who don't believe in God may have their own way of justifying some bad act they have committed. — Lee Greenwood
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly. — Sallust
Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he… — Epictetus
Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long,… — Epictetus
The last act in the biography of the hero is that of the death or departure. — Joseph Campbell
I do not wish you to act from these truths; no, still and always act from your feelings; only meditate often on these truths that… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The first act of insight is throw away the labels. — Eudora Welty
The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it. — Gail Godwin
Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could recognize… — Bruce Catton
How necessary it is to cultivate a spirit of joy. It is a psychological truth that the physical acts of reverence and devotion make one… — Dorothy Day
If I did not believe, if I did not make what is called an act of faith (and each act of faith increases our faith,… — Dorothy Day
Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted to overcome your loneliness --… — Dag Hammarskjold
I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act. — Arthur Miller
Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and… — Henri Frederic Amiel
To be in a world which is a hell, to be of that world and neither to believe in or guess at anything but that… — William Golding
When we know exactly all a man's views and how he comes to speak and act so and so, we lose any respect for him,… — James Boswell
Acting a part is not always synonymous with lying; it is far often the best way of serving the truth. It is more truthful to… — Elizabeth Goudge
My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it. — Paula Poundstone
Today's comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an act and he told the audience,… — Lenny Bruce
Most men are in a coma when they are at rest and mad when they act. — Epicurus
There is nothing biologically unusual about a homosexual act of pseudocopulation. Many species indulge in this, under a variety of circumstances. — Desmond Morris
If you've been put in your place long enough you begin to act like the place. — Randall Jarrell
I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way. — Paula Cole

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