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"Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind."
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"To act is to anchor in the imminent future."
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"The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react."
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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."
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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."
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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."
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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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"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."
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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."
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"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."
Optimism
"But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward."
Compromise
"Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand."
Argument
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
Work
"I try to be the same person I was yesterday."
Consistency
"I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history."
History
"Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff."
Politics
"The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power."
Peace
"The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world."
Generosity
"Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard."
Work
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