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"I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example."

"I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example."

Steve Garvey, American Athlete

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"You know, we have a fiscal train wreck before us. And unless we act, and act deliberately, we're not going to enable our kids to have what we have. It's plain and simple as that."

"You know, we have a fiscal train wreck before us. And unless we act, and act deliberately, we're not going to enable our kids to have what we have. It's plain and simple as that."

Eric Cantor, American Politician

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"I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period."

"I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period."

Luther Vandross, American Musician

Act, Popular, Songs

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"It's not an act, it's just my way."

"It's not an act, it's just my way."

Arthur Godfrey, American Entertainer

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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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"Among other things, the Real ID Act sets minimum security criteria that states would have to meet to have their driver's licenses accepted as identification to board a commercial flight or enter federal facilities."

"Among other things, the Real ID Act sets minimum security criteria that states would have to meet to have their driver's licenses accepted as identification to board a commercial flight or enter federal facilities."

Elton Gallegly, American Politician

Act, Security, States

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"The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act."

"The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act."

Bernard De Voto, American Writer

Act, Reason, Trouble

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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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"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 know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do."

"I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

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"I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act."

"I cannot imagine a context that would some day, in some manner, make the monstrous crime of September 11 an understandable or comprehensible political act."

Jurgen Habermas, German Philosopher

Act, Crime, Day

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"I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act."

"I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

Act, Obligation, Public

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"I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left."

"I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left."

Julian Clary, English Comedian

Act, Being, Gay, Nothing

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"Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason."

"Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason."

Orson Welles, American Actor

Act, Man, Reason, Temper

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"I've always wanted to act and I can't think of anything else I'd want to do, honestly."

"I've always wanted to act and I can't think of anything else I'd want to do, honestly."

Alanna Ubach, American Actress

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"The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information."

"The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information."

John Ashcroft, American Public Servant

Act, Information

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"If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop."

"If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop."

James Broughton, American Director

Act, Bitterness

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"You have to be quite stupid to act."

"You have to be quite stupid to act."

Rachel Weisz, British Actress

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"If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy."

"If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy."

Nicole Sullivan, American Actress

Act, Actor, Comedy, First

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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 ain't gonna get this, it's a horror movie, it's hard to act scared."

"I ain't gonna get this, it's a horror movie, it's hard to act scared."

Kelly Rowland, American Musician

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"We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act."

"We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

Act, Cause, Events, Influence

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"The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years."

"The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years."

Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant

Act, Freedom, Information, Years

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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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"Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid."

"Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid."

Dorthea Brande, American Writer

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"It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters."

"It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters."

Bryce Dallas Howard, American Actress

Act, First, Paradox, Writing

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"Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act."

"Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act."

Marty Feldman, English Comedian

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"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!"

"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!"

Paul J. Meyer, American Businessman

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"The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing."

"The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing."

Cliff Stearns, American Politician

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"One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays."

"One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

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"I'd like to continue to act and also produce."

"I'd like to continue to act and also produce."

Casper Van Dien, American Actor

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"But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing."

"But when I went on the stage to do a show, I would put on makeup because I felt that it enhanced my act; it drew attention to what I was doing."

Little Richard, American Musician

Act, Attention, Makeup

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"It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it."

"It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

Act, Confidence, Right

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"The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it."

"The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

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"The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific."

"The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific."

John Moody, American Businessman

Act, Congress, Conviction, Gold

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"The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks."

"The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks."

Russ Carnahan, American Politician

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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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"My whole act is confession."

"My whole act is confession."

Shelley Berman, American Comedian

Act, Confession

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"The honor is overpaid, When he that did the act is commentator."

"The honor is overpaid, When he that did the act is commentator."

James Shirley, English Dramatist

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"I want more children but for the next three years I want to act."

"I want more children but for the next three years I want to act."

Anna Friel, English Actress

Act, Children, Want, Years

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"I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there."

"I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Act, Vulnerability

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"Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist."

"Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist."

Charles de Secondat, French Philosopher

Act, Creation, Laws, Rules

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"In Congress, I am a strong supporter of the New Apollo Energy Act. This plan would help to establish our energy independence, create jobs, and provide cleaner, reliable, and more affordable energy."

"In Congress, I am a strong supporter of the New Apollo Energy Act. This plan would help to establish our energy independence, create jobs, and provide cleaner, reliable, and more affordable energy."

Allyson Schwartz, American Politician

Act, Congress, Energy, Independence

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"I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it for the process."

"I act for the reality, for the moment, and most of all I do it for the process."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

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"If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one."

"If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one."

Frances Farmer, American Actress

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"I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act."

"I'm just a lazy boy. I'd rather sit in my recliner and act."

John Goodman, American Actor

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"You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right."

"You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

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"A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves."

"A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

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"I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good."

"I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good."

Peter Sarsgaard, American Actor

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"Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act."

"Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

Act, Custom, Dancing, Man

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