"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

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"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Act, Living, Meaning

"I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do."

Chris Hemsworth, Australian Actor

Act, Drama

"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

Act, Mystery, Self

"We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

Act, Americans, Building, Network

"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Act, Beginning, Violence

"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Act, Talk

"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."

Christopher Durang, American Playwright

Act, Acting, Job, Resentment

"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good."

Pythagoras, Greek Mathematician

Act, First

"I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

Act, Actors

"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

Henry Miller, American Author

Act, Impulses

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"Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors."

Justice, Judges

"Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm."

Man,

"Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others."

Conservative, Liberal, Wishes

"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt."

Man, Men, Doubt

"Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white."

Art, Eloquence, Fools

"Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."

Nature, Religion, Daughter, Fear

"Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country."

Politics, People, Country

"Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another."

Crime, Property

"The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge."

Knowledge, Ignorance, Name

"Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world."

World,