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Act Quotes

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

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

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Act, Possibilities

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

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

"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

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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."

"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

Act, Applause, Glory, World

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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

William James, American Philosopher

Act, Difference, Will

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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."

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

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Act, Quotation, Words

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

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

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me."

"Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Act, Desire, Man, World

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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."

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

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

William Blake, English Poet

Act, Evening, Night, Sleep

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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."

"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

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"Think before you act and act on what you believe."

"Think before you act and act on what you believe."

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

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