Act Quotes

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The war, as I felt it and a lot of my compatriots felt it, was a creative act. — Lawrence Halprin
[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act.' 'You call that singing?' ... We get jealous not because we're evil, but because… — Young-Ha Kim
Dogs act exactly the way we would act if we had no shame. — Cynthia Heimel
The dog is dressed just like me at the climax of my act. — Gypsy Rose Lee
I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that we were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial… — Thomas Browne
He who wants, but doesn't act, is a pest. — William Blake
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end...and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit… — William James
[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The woman who is about to deceive her husband always carefully thinks out how she is going to act, but she is never logical. — Honore de Balzac
When a Roman was returning from a trip, he used to send someone ahead to let his wife know, so as not to surprise her… — Michel de Montaigne
I say to myself, 'I don't know how to act - and why does anybody want to look at me on-screen anymore?' ... Lots of… — Meryl Streep
What is important is not the length of life, but the depth of life. What is important is not to make life longer, but to… — Leo Tolstoy
To collude in the minimisation of British history on the grounds of its imagined irrelevance to our rebranded national future, or from a suspicion that… — Simon Schama
I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that [race in casting] is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act… — Shonda Rhimes
In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you want to progress in your life and grow, act not to react. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Any act in the name of God returns 10 fold. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Getting up for sadhana in the morning is a totally selfish act - for personal strength, for personal intuition, for personal sharpness, for personal discipline,… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Principles always have natural consequences attached to them. There are positive consequences when we live in harmony with the principles. There are negative consequences when… — Stephen Covey
The entire animal rights movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at the Ban in England ...We view this act of parliament as… — Wayne Pacelle
It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was… — Joseph Story
It is far better to be happy than to have your bodies act as graveyards for animals. Accordingly, the apostle [St.] Matthew partook of seeds,… — Clement of Alexandria
We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our… — Nhat Hanh
Every creative act involves a new innocence or perception, liberated from the cataract of accepted belief. — Arthur Koestler
The pain of the world will sear and break our hearts because we can no longer keep them closed. We've seen too much now. To… — Ram Dass

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