Acting Quotes

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There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing love in wigs… — Tom Stoppard
Are you a peice of Saran Wrap? No Well then why are you acting so clingy? — Lisi Harrison
The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it. — Melody Beattie
He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending,wearing masks and losing themselves in the process. — Nicholas Sparks
We are loping sequences of chemical conversions, acting ourselves converted. We are twists of genes acting ourselves twisted; we are wicks of burning neuroses acting… — Gregory Maguire
Death is just the last scene of the last act. — Joyce Carol Oates
It wasn't right to have someone charge into you your world without even asking, acting as if you were nothing more than an egg to… — Alice Hoffman
If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and… — Norman Vincent Peale
There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face. — Russell Brand
If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in… — Charles Baxter
Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed!) Lana Turner has collapsed! I was trotting along and suddenly it started raining and snowing and you said it was… — Frank O'Hara
I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the State,… — Theodore Roosevelt
Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe. — Mitch Albom
I would say that by virtue of your not acting parental up to this point, you've relinquished your ability to wield any power now. Sam… — Maggie Stiefvater
Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know. Acting without… — Ray Bradbury
They stick you with those names, those labels -- ‘rebel’ or whatever; whatever they like to use. Because they need a label; they need a… — Johnny Depp
The more he identifies with the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own life and his own desires. The spectacle’s estrangement from… — Guy Debord
The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human… — W. Somerset Maugham
Artemis must be present at the solstice," Zoe said. "She has been the most vocal on the council, arguing for taking action against Kronos's minions.… — Rick Riordan
In quick succession, Qhuinn reviewed his answers: No, of course not, the knife was acting of its own volition. I was actually trying to stop… — J R Ward
One day, I stopped hating. I ceased all meaningless activity. I completed the circle. I Set my sights straight. Like an Arrow I flew. I… — Henry Rollins
He knows, as all the cleverest ones do, that no human being is so interesting that he can't make himself more interesting still by acting… — Walter Kirn
the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things. — Stephen Chbosky
As I have often said, she has two styles of acting: with or without the beard. — Louise Rennison
Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and… — Julia Cameron

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