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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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"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

Scott Adams, American Cartoonist

Act, End, Kindness

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"We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother."

"We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother."

Ben Elton, British Comedian

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"NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty."

"NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty."

Michael Badnarik, American Politician

Act, Liberty, Trade

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"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily."

"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily."

Thomas Szasz, American Psychologist

Act, Children, Injury, Learning

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"We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964."

"We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

Act, Civil rights

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"When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are."

"When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are."

Bradley Whitford, American Actor

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"Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will."

"Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will."

Tony Blair, English Statesman

Act, Community, Conflict, Now

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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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"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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"If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender."

"If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender."

Brian Eno, British Musician

Act, Emotion, Listening, Surrender

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"Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab."

"Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

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"Rosemary was a little nervous about going onstage, but she went on with us. I saw her at a party, and a couple of months later they called me about doing the act."

"Rosemary was a little nervous about going onstage, but she went on with us. I saw her at a party, and a couple of months later they called me about doing the act."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

Act, Months, Party

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"I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.'"

"I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.'"

Ian Mckellen, English Actor

Act, Acting, Drama, Saying

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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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"This type of mass influx is simply too much to handle. What we've had since the disaster of the 1965 Immigration Act will take 100 years or more to absorb."

"This type of mass influx is simply too much to handle. What we've had since the disaster of the 1965 Immigration Act will take 100 years or more to absorb."

Peter Brimelow, British Journalist

Act, Disaster, Will, Years

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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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"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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"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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"I really started trying to get my act together in August of 2002."

"I really started trying to get my act together in August of 2002."

Ethan Suplee, American Actor

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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 needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act."

"I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

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"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."

"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."

Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher

Act, Content, Talking

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"Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen."

"Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

Act, Coach, Listening, Practice

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"Christ in this country would quite likely have been arrested under the Suppression of Communism act."

"Christ in this country would quite likely have been arrested under the Suppression of Communism act."

Joost de Blank, Dutch Bishop

Act, Christ, Communism, Country

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"I write, but I also act."

"I write, but I also act."

Eric Bogosian, 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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"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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"Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again."

"Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again."

Grover Cleveland, American President

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"And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing."

"And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

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"I started to act in highschool and became a professional actor at 19."

"I started to act in highschool and became a professional actor at 19."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

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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 grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan."

"I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan."

Al Sharpton, American Politician

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"Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which."

"Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which."

Gary Ryan Blair, American Author

Act, Actions, Results, Self

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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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"I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it."

"I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it."

Victoria Beckham, English Musician

Act, Acting, Relax, Want

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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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"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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"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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"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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"I am amazed that CNN can't get its act together."

"I am amazed that CNN can't get its act together."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

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"She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership)."

"She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership)."

O. Henry, American Writer

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"I went to my last three years of high school in New Jersey. I just wanted to act, you know?"

"I went to my last three years of high school in New Jersey. I just wanted to act, you know?"

Stacey Dash, American Actress

Act, School, Years

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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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"It's a huge responsibility being a solo act."

"It's a huge responsibility being a solo act."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

Act, Being, Responsibility

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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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"While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of pamphlets, we have held that an arbitrary act of violence will not necessarily have such an effect."

"While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of pamphlets, we have held that an arbitrary act of violence will not necessarily have such an effect."

Johann Most, German Revolutionary

Act, Contention, Deed, Effect

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"I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one."

"I have to say that it's very few countries that are willing to look back at its past and apologize for its act, or make amends for its act, as the United States had one."

Robert Matsui, American Politician

Act, Countries, Past, States

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"The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman."

"The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman."

Sydney Biddle Barrows, American Celebrity

Act, Lady, Gentleman

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"I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes."

"I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes."

Joyce Maynard, American Writer

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