Act Quotes
8447 Act quotes by 4801 unique authors
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I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand…
— Herbert Hoover
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My Bible tells me that if we train a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from…
— Barack Obama
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There does exist and has existed for a generation, an international Anglophile network which operates, to some extent, in the way the radical Right believes…
— Carroll Quigley
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Business is correct to defend its right to act in order to produce a vigorous and engaging prosperity. But it is wrong if it forgets…
— Paul Hawken
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To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality, is to negate and paralyze his means of survival to…
— Ayn Rand
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ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the…
— Robert Sternberg
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I think . . . that philosophy has the duty of pointing out the falsity of outworn religious ideas, however estimable they may be as…
— Corliss Lamont
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I am ashamed of some christians because they have so much dependence on Parliment and the law of the land. Much good may Parliment ever…
— Charles Spurgeon
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What's real? What's not? That's what I do in my act, test how other people deal with reality.
— Andy Kaufman
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It's disingenuous and wrong to say that the attorney general's expanded powers in the Patriot Act come with adequate oversight by the courts, ... In…
— Anthony Romero
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If Dr. Mahathir thinks that by ordering the police to act like gangsters he will frighten the people from supporting this reformation movement, he is…
— Unknown Author
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I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history,…
— Joseph Rotblat
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But if, if you take a look at what would have happened, I mean, do we need to see soup lines down the street to…
— Alexi Giannoulias
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We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality - judiciously, as you will -…
— Ron Suskind
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I cannot deny that I have doubts, reservations and fears. However, I have come to the conclusion that in the present regional and international reality,…
— Ariel Sharon
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Through spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves. It creates an explosion that for the moment frees us from handed-down frames of reference, memory choked with…
— Viola Spolin
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Severe mental illness like psychosis can lead to a tragedy like this - that people can see things that aren't real and hear things that…
— Andrea Yates
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I don't think I've ever written anything even remotely naturalistic. The closest probably would be seen as 'Frankie and Johnny,' and that's only 'cause they…
— Terrence McNally
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Climate change is a crucial issue in todays global agenda. Hopefully, we will wake up to this reality, sooner rather than later. Pressure has been…
— Joseph Muscat
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My first act as president is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads: Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and thank You for…
— George H. W. Bush
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All my graduation money went to paying for bartending classes so I could have a side gig. I bartended for two months before I was…
— Patina Miller
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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.
— Merle Shain
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I am working on my nightclub act, definitely want to do more singing.
— Keith David
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If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands of flowers with my fair…
— Dante Alighieri
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The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.
— Isaac D'Israeli
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