"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."

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"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."

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"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."

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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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"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."

Augustine Birrell, English Author

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"I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act."

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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."

Angelina Grimke, American Activist

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"Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on."

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"I didn't act like I was there. I just got into the story."

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"Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets."

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"We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy."

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"What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?"

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"There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy."

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"Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing."

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"The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems of his own or has refused to face them."

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"We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate."

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"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."

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"I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots."

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