Action Quotes

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As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education… — Hugh Mackay
Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of… — Sydney Madwed
Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work. — Paula Nelson
Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws. — Cynthia Payne
When the toddler does something and there are consequences for his action civilization begins. — Alicia F Lieberman
All the action, in semiconductors at the present time is in the new consumer applications, and that's where we have focused our activities since we… — David Milne
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in… — Ferdinand Mount
I've always wanted to be an action figure. — Jake Lloyd
There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done… — Spike Lee
Mr Johnson should remember that I am not just anyone and that he is only president of the United States by the grace of my… — Marguerite Oswald
The feminist movement has helped open minds and kitchens to the notion that men can be at home on the range. — Rene Veaux
Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. — Tony Robbins
That's why I wrote this book: to show how these people can imbue us with hope. I read somewhere that when a person takes part… — Studs Terkel
First, I'd become an avid reader of blogs, especially music blogs, and they seemed to be where the critical-thinking action was at, to have the… — Carl Wilson
I enjoy 'Supermarket Sweep' because of its adlib demands in following the fast action. — Randy West
At the same time, reading an action script... It makes me wonder. Was The Matrix a good script? I don't know. — Shane West
Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We… — Margaret J Wheatley
There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head… — Charles Spalding

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