"The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics."

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"The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics."

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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."

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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."

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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 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

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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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"True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion."

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"The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics."

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"The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature."

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"The intuition of free will gives us the truth."

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"Most men, I am convinced, have an unmistakable feeling at the final moment of significant choice that they are making a free decision, that they can really decide which one of two or more roads to follow."

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"The dynamic, creative present, however conditioned and restricted by the effects of prior presents, possesses genuine initiative."

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"I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice."

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