"It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches."

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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."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

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

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

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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

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"I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks."

Janet Flanner, American Journalist

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause."

John Updike, American Novelist

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"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

William Blake, English Poet

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

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"Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."

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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."

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

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

"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."

"I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks."

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

"An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause."

"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

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

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

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"Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."

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"It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches."