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My drawings and paintings were done as an act of protest; I was trying by means of my work to convince the world that it… — George Grosz
The perspective of eternity is not a perspective from a certain place beyond the world, nor the point of view of a transcendent being; rather… — John Rawls
Children were pack animals; let any one of them act different from the group, and the rest would bring him down. — Nalo Hopkinson
Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has… — Christopher Dawson
Most people define learning too narrowly as mere 'problem-solving', so they focus on identifying and correcting errors in the external environment. Solving problems is important.… — Chris Argyris
Those who get the most out of life and those who give the most are those who make the choice to act. — Stephen Covey
Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon? — Stephen Covey
A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another. — James MacGregor Burns
In the past 20 years alone, it adds up to more death than were caused by all the civil and international wars adn government repression… — Peter Singer
We are completely void of anything to do with God. Teachers can't touch a child - even to hug a crying child. Young boys are… — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create. Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe. Be you. Be different. — Brian Johnson
The final act of business judgment is intuitive. — Alfred P. Sloan
Duane Allman inspired the group to explore the extended jam format that was already a staple of the Allman Brothers act. Moreover, his ferocious slide… — Unknown Author
Elizabeth Taylor is, in my opinion, the greatest actress in film history. She instinctively understands the camera and its nonverbal intimacies. Opening her violet eyes,… — Camille Paglia
The term blowback, which officials of the Central Intelligent Agency first invented for their own internal use, . . . refers to the unintended consequences… — Chalmers Johnson
Creativity is any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one What counts is… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Act as if the future of the universe depends on what you do, while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions make any difference. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400… — Peter DeFazio
I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar. — Mick Ronson
It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that… — Thomas More
Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and… — Jenny Shipley
In Europe one needs to act ‘as if’ – as if what was wanted was little, in order to obtain much, as if States were… — Giuliano Amato
It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of the chance to… — Andrew Solomon
The notion that the careless sinner is the smart fellow and the serious-minded Christian, though well-intentioned, is a stupid dolt altogether out of touch with… — Aiden Wilson Tozer

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