First Act Quotes
59 quotes by 50 authors
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Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep…
— Jean Cocteau
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The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.
— Jean Toomer
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Considering the inner fitness of things, one would rather think that the very first act of a will endowed with freedom should be to sustain…
— William James
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The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the first spiritual experience.
— Henryk Skolimowski
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If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.
— Albert Einstein
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My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.
— William James
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In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in.
— Joyce Van Patten
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If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.
— Anton Chekhov
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If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put…
— Anton Chekhov
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The American war is over; but this far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of…
— Benjamin Rush
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Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act,…
— Simon Pegg
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It's the camel's nose in the tent. Look at Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Idi Amin--every one of these monsters, on seizing power,…
— Charlton Heston
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Life can be difficult sometimes, it gets bumpy. What with family and kids and things not going exactly like you planned. But that's what makes…
— Joyce Van Patten
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If a man's aspirations towards a righteous life are serious.. .if he earnestly and sincerely seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is…
— Leo Tolstoy
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A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players: witnesses crimping their faces, policemen scribbling in pads and making radio calls, EMS guys unfolding equipment,…
— Darin Strauss
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My first act as president is a prayer. I ask you to bow your heads: Heavenly Father, we bow our heads and thank You for…
— George H. W. Bush
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
— Dallas Willard
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The first act by virtue of which the State really constitutes itself the representative of the whole of societythe taking possession of the means of…
— Friedrich Engels
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When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate…
— Mitch Daniels
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Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of…
— J C Ryle
Who Wrote These First Act Quotes
50 authors contributed a total of 59 First Act Quotes, led by these top contributors: