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"To be a champion you must act like one, act like a champion."

"To be a champion you must act like one, act like a champion."

Lou Ferrigno, American Actor

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"I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories."

"I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories."

Brendan Fraser, American Actor

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"The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research."

"The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research."

Steve Israel, American Politician

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"The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them."

"The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

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"A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual."

"A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Act, Disgrace, State, Violence

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"The museums and parks are graveyards above the ground- congealed memories of the past that act as a pretext for reality."

"The museums and parks are graveyards above the ground- congealed memories of the past that act as a pretext for reality."

Robert Smithson, American Artist

Act, Memories, Museums, Past

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"I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool."

"I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool."

Jeremy London, American Actor

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"I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it."

"I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

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"Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs."

"Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Act, First, Joy, Limits

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"I feel that man-hating is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them."

"I feel that man-hating is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them."

Robin Morgan, American Activist

Act, Class, Man, Right

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"I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently."

"I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently."

Silvan Shalom, Israeli Politician

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"Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation."

"Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

Act, Creation, Want

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"I don't think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act."

"I don't think that Simon and Garfunkel as a live act compares to Simon and Garfunkel as a studio act."

Paul Simon, American Musician

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"Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians."

"Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

Act, Hunting, Sea

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"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."

"When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Act, Desire, Famous

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"I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently."

"I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

Act, Consciousness, Passion

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"You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that image."

"You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that image."

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

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"I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid."

"I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid."

William Scott, American Painter

Act, Expression, Liberty

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"To act is to anchor in the imminent future."

"To act is to anchor in the imminent future."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is."

"Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

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"An auditory scenario for the players to act out with their instruments."

"An auditory scenario for the players to act out with their instruments."

Elliott Carter, American Composer

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"Every obnoxious act is a cry for help."

"Every obnoxious act is a cry for help."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

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"The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving."

"The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving."

Merle Shain, Canadian Journalist

Act, Thanksgiving

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"Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think."

"Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

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"If you wanna cross somebody, then do that. Don't act like it wasn't you."

"If you wanna cross somebody, then do that. Don't act like it wasn't you."

Suge Knight, American Producer

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"Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine to most employees."

"Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine to most employees."

Bob Nelson, American Consultant

Act, Employees, Listening

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"It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other."

"It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other."

Philip Seymour Hoffman, American Actor

Act, Actors, Support

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"The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'"

"The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.'"

Harvey Ball, American Celebrity

Act, Day, Help, Kindness

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"Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?"

"Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?"

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

Act, Dying, Fish, Rivers

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"The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image."

"The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Act, Self, Will

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"Our act started at the bottom and went downhill."

"Our act started at the bottom and went downhill."

Allan Sherman, American Musician

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"Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place."

"Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

Act, Man, Old, Reason

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"I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses."

"I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses."

Maurice Gibb, Australian Musician

Act, Houses, Stars

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"The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box."

"The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box."

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French Photographer

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"After careful deliberation, I voted today to reauthorize the Patriot Act."

"After careful deliberation, I voted today to reauthorize the Patriot Act."

Jim Gerlach, American Politician

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"I just wanted to act. I didn't want to do anything else."

"I just wanted to act. I didn't want to do anything else."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

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"The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner."

"The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

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"After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it."

"After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it."

Raymond Queneau, French Poet

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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."

"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."

Chris Hemsworth, Australian Actor

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"The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere."

"The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere."

Harold H. Greene, American Judge

Act, Economics, Rights

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"For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock."

"For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act."

"It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act."

Charles Eames, American Designer

Act, Expression, Self

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"I've worked with some actors who can't act."

"I've worked with some actors who can't act."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

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"What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing."

"What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing."

Jay Inslee, American Politician

Act, Fish, Nothing

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"Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it."

"Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it."

Douglas Horton, American Clergyman

Act, Being, Selfishness, Value

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"My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration."

"My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

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"Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk."

"Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Act, Benefits, Rest, Risk

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"There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed."

"There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

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"Criticize the act, not the person."

"Criticize the act, not the person."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

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"Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you."

"Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you."

Bradley Whitford, American Actor

Act, Want, Will

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