Action Quotes
8300 quotes by 4287 authors
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I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book…
— Graydon Carter
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Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment…
— Giacomo Casanova
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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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The secret of getting things done is to act!
— Dante Alighieri
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When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is…
— George Washington Carver
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In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without…
— Giacomo Casanova
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I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does…
— Fidel Castro
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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
— Jackie Chan
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I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
— Jackie Chan
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Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
— Jackie Chan
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The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro , like Dustin Hoffman or Clint…
— Jackie Chan
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I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American…
— Jackie Chan
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This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and…
— Margaret Chan
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Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.
— George Chapman
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Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog…
— John Jay Chapman
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Direct threats require decisive action.
— Dick Cheney
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The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate…
— Dick Cheney
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