Acted Quotes
403 quotes by 372 authors
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Madame Lefoux acted as midwife. In her scientific way, she was unexpectedly adept at the job. When the infant finally appeared, she held it up…
— Gail Carriger
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My parents used to say faith wasn't something you could pretend about. It wasn't real unless it looked like faith and acted like faith.
— Karen Kingsbury
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He had learned from experience that what he succeeded in putting down on paper was only ever a pale reflection of what he had imagined,…
— Félix J. Palma
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Moving between her thighs, he stretched out above her, then thrust into her. Once. Because, as he did everything, he acted without hesitation or apology…
— Sandra Brown
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The word book acted as a transient stimulus
— Charlotte Bronte
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He had lived and acted on the assumption that he was alone, and now he saw that he had not been. What he had done…
— Richard Wright
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The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske)
— David Baldacci
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The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.
— Thornton Wilder
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I'm not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn't…
— Stephen Chbosky
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He was beyond gorgeous. But Eastlake High was full of pretty people who acted like total freaks. I blame the local water supply. Which was…
— Rachel Vincent
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The rage that had expolded inside me diffused. I didn't know where it had come from. I had a short temper and often acted impulsively,but…
— Richelle Mead
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A person of “good character†was one who acted in accordance with the expectations of his community
— Sheena Iyengar
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Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.
— Lauren Myracle
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He was demanding. He always would be. But sometimes, he was so vulnerable and she realized she had power in the relationship as well. She…
— Christine Feehan
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Why was is that the Light acted through lies, and the Darkness acted though the truth? Why was is that our truth proved powerless, but…
— Sergei Lukyanenko
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...there occurred to me the simple epitaph which, when I am no more, I intend to have inscribed on my tombstone. It was this: "He…
— P.G. Wodehouse
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In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.
— Orson Scott Card
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He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas…
— Julian Barnes
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Lyall had spent centuries nibbling about the great layered cake that was polite society while Lord Akeldama acted the part of the frosting on its…
— Gail Carriger
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It must be remembered that in those great days I was considered to be an "integrationist" - this was never, quite, my own idea of…
— James A. Baldwin
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