"Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place."

Act, Theater

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"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

Honore De Balzac, French Novelist

Act, Fashion, Joy, Motherhood

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Act, Quotation, Words

"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

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"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Act, Mind, Reflection, Thinking

"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Act, Books, Creation

"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Act, Misery, Will

"Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

Act, Consequences, Hesitation, Mind

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

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Act, Heaven

"I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country."

John Ensign, American Politician

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"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique."

Life, Time, Action, Energy

"Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired."

Faith, Vision, Act, Desire

"To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that."

Love, Building, Man, Space

"The only sin is mediocrity."

Mediocrity, Sin

"The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body."

Art, Dance, Body

"Learn by practice."

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"'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years."

Acceptance, Glory, Maturity, Years

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"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

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

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

"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."

"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

"Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation."

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

"I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country."

Explore more quotes by Martha Graham

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique."

"Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired."

"First we have to believe, and then we believe."

"The body is a sacred garment."

"Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body."

"To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that."

"The only sin is mediocrity."

"The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body."

"Learn by practice."

"'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years."