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"Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim."
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"It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego."
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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."
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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."
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"The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair."
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"I didn't act like I was there. I just got into the story."
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"I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her."
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"Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them."
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"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty."
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"The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs."
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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, the setup to which isn't until the second act."
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"The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people."
People

"I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens."
Literature

"There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement."
People

"There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another."
Complexity

"The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it."
Change

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."
Nature

"Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men."
Man

"A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus."
Man

"Writing is hard work and bad for the health."
Health

"The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind."
People
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