Act Quotes

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Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading. — Frank Shorter
You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea… — James Earl Jones
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the… — Vincent D'Onofrio
In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama. — Jean-Claude Van Damme
Acting is bad acting if the actor himself gets emotional in the act of making the audience cry. The object is to make the audience… — Rex Harrison
The high point of the act is when he (Uri Durov) puts his head inside the bear's huge jaws. I wouldn't even try that with… — Bob Hope
... I pray... that you may discern your affairs in a manner pleasing to God and may so act and endeavor that you may find… — Symeon the New Theologian
Speak or act with a pure mind, and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakable. — Gautama Buddha
Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people. The irony is that it is actually in… — Bernie Siegel
It does not always help to analyze and think about problems with your rational mind. Sometimes it is far more effective to turn to your… — Shakti Gawain
We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens when ordinary people… — Regina Brett
A heart-felt prayer is not recitation with the lips. It is a yearning from within which expresses itself in every word, every act, nay every… — Mahatma Gandhi
If you focus on principles, you empower everyone who understands those principles to act without constant monitoring, evaluating, correcting, or controlling. — Stephen Covey
When a child encounters something he or she does not want, that child has all kinds of maneuvers to avoid it, such as crying, hiding,… — Tarthang Tulku
If, while I'm painting, I distort or destroy a motif, it is not a planned or conscious act, but rather it has a different justification:… — Gerhard Richter
And then the work bears a strong sense of leave-taking for me personally. It ends the work I began in the 1960s (paintings from black-and-white… — Gerhard Richter
In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving oneself over to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Taking responsibility nurtures self-confidence, and self-confidence can help you to be a more interesting and attractive person. And best of all, the more you believe… — John Templeton
God sees the inner spirit stripped of flesh, skin, and all debris. For his own mind only touches the spirit that he has allowed to… — Marcus Aurelius
The price pattern reminds you that every movement of importance is but a repetition of similar price movements, that just as soon as you can… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
The Russians could have some (warheads) aimed at Japan, so if we act up they can destroy our economy. — P.J. O'Rourke
At the trial Stubbs chose to act as his own lawyer, but a conflict over his fee led to ill feelings. — Woody Allen
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Blessed are those who have preserved internal sanctity of soul; who are conscious of… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I have witnessed and greatly enjoyed the first act of everything which Wagner created, but the effect on me has always been so powerful that… — Mark Twain
Sex in the nineties is boring. The problem is that it has gone from an active act to a spectator sport. We watch people make… — Erma Bombeck

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