"In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects."

Act, Causes, Infinite, Literature

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"In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects."

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"To act is to anchor in the imminent future."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

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"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

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

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

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"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

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"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

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"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

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

Christopher Durang, American Playwright

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"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

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"I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does."

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"The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing."

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"Life and death have been lacking in my life."

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"Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone."

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"I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left."

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"The truth is that we live out our lives putting off all that can be put off; perhaps we all know deep down that we are immortal and that sooner or later all men will do and know all things."

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"Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic."

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"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."

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"Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire."

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"Democracy is an abuse of statistics."

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