Acts Quotes

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We become brave by doing brave acts. — Aristotle
One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery. — Grant Morrison
We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private moments. They are there when… — Carolyn Parkhurst
We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the… — Julio Cortazar
I believe these stories exist because we sometimes need to create unreal monsters and bogies to stand in for all the things we fear in… — Stephen King
In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I know California isn't a real destination. You can't get there from New Jersey, not simply by following a line drawn on a map. The… — Kate Braverman
If we had the courage to love we would not so value these acts of war. — Jeanette Winterson
Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts â€“ and… — Jasper Fforde
The male frog in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male frog with the… — Margaret Atwood
The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over… — John Steinbeck
[M]an is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, in other respect is free; because, once thrown into the world, he… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Almost every day brings opportunities to perform unselfish acts for others. Such acts are unlimited and can be as simple as a kind word, a… — James E. Faust
Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts,… — Carl Sagan
All morning, Spence has been a well-oiled machine of activity. Everyone doing her bit, quietly and efficiently. It's strange how deliberate people are after a… — Libba Bray
All communication involves faith; indeed, some linguisticians hold that the potential obstacles to acts of verbal understanding are so many and diverse that it is… — Terry Eagleton
What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost… — Chris Abani
What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives acts and experiences otherwise than we do? — Friedrich Nietzsche

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