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"I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way."

"I don't want to act just to be on the screen doing anything and looking any kind of way."

Tina Turner, American Musician

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"I write, but I also act."

"I write, but I also act."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

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"If you don't want to be replaced by a machine, don't try to act like one!"

"If you don't want to be replaced by a machine, don't try to act like one!"

Arno Penzias, American Scientist

Act, Machine, Want

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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 believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security."

"I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security."

Bill Owens, American Politician

Act, Balance, Freedom, Right

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"It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win."

"It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win."

Phil Ochs, American Musician

Act, Reward, Struggle, Wrong

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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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"Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster."

"Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster."

Andy Grove, Hungarian Businessman

Act, Leaders, Pressure, Today

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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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"Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed by the Act of Union. Gentlemen, the Act of Union was carried by force and fraud, by treachery and falsehood."

"Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed by the Act of Union. Gentlemen, the Act of Union was carried by force and fraud, by treachery and falsehood."

John Edward Redmond, Irish Politician

Act, Falsehood, Force, Fraud

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"There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is."

"There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is."

Richard Widmark, American Actor

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"The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 helps address the continuing degradation on the broadcast airwaves and helps send a clear message to the broadcast industry that Alabama families, like the rest of American families, have had enough."

"The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 helps address the continuing degradation on the broadcast airwaves and helps send a clear message to the broadcast industry that Alabama families, like the rest of American families, have had enough."

Mike Rogers, American Politician

Act, Decency, Rest

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"When it gets down to it you just have to act."

"When it gets down to it you just have to act."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

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"His act may start out slow, but it tapers off."

"His act may start out slow, but it tapers off."

Lawrence Welk, American Musician

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"When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain."

"When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain."

Norman Lear, American Producer

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"The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me."

"The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me."

Nathalie Sarraute, Russian Lawyer

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"I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her."

"I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her."

Matthew Perry, American Actor

Act, Attention, Key, Stress

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"But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together."

"But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

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"I always wanted to act."

"I always wanted to act."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

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"You can't take back an act you were able to think."

"You can't take back an act you were able to think."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

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"How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being?"

"How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being?"

Auberon Herbert, British Philosopher

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"The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics."

"The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics."

Corliss Lamont, American Philosopher

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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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"The Inspector General issued six reviews and reports on actions taken based on provisions of the act. In those six reports, the IG found that not one violation of an individual's civil liberties - a total of zero - had taken place since the act was instituted."

"The Inspector General issued six reviews and reports on actions taken based on provisions of the act. In those six reports, the IG found that not one violation of an individual's civil liberties - a total of zero - had taken place since the act was instituted."

Jo Bonner, American Politician

Act, Actions, Civilliberties

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"Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe."

"Yet the whole preamble of the second authorization act for the Marshall Plan showed the direction Congress was ready to take about breaking down barriers within Europe."

W. Averell Harriman, American Politician

Act, Congress, Direction, Europe

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"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."

"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."

Christopher Durang, American Playwright

Act, Acting, Job, Resentment

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"I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it."

"I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it."

Frank Auerbach, German Artist

Act, Day, Order

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"A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast."

"A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

Act, Goodness, Will

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"Each act is virgin, even the repeated ones."

"Each act is virgin, even the repeated ones."

Rene Char, French Poet

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"The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only thing going on here. In fact, we're trying to keep a huge juggling act in balance, with the tower as just one of the many balls in play."

"The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only thing going on here. In fact, we're trying to keep a huge juggling act in balance, with the tower as just one of the many balls in play."

Daniel Libeskind, Polish Architect

Act, Balance, Fact, Freedom

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"And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory."

"And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory."

Benjamin Tucker, American Activist

Act, Ignorance, May, Punishment

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"In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking."

"In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking."

Georges Clemenceau, French Leader

Act, Man, Order, Thinking

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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 Patriot Act addresses various subjects. Some sections are beneficial and enhance our national security."

"The Patriot Act addresses various subjects. Some sections are beneficial and enhance our national security."

Mike Honda, American Politician

Act, Nationalsecurity

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"It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way."

"It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way."

Glenn Close, American Actress

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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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"But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act."

"But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Act, Talk, Television, Violence

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"Yet, only years after the Nazi-era, millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, and the world once again took too long to act."

"Yet, only years after the Nazi-era, millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, and the world once again took too long to act."

Allyson Schwartz, American Politician

Act, World, Years

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"With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution."

"With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution."

Kate Millett, American Activist

Act, Cruelty, Execution, First

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"The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it."

"The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it."

Lance Burton, American Entertainer

Act, Beginning, Doves, First

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"Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts."

"Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts."

Roger Wicker, American Politician

Act, Facts, Rights

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"It never became an act in the sense of an act. It was always, no matter where we worked, little revues."

"It never became an act in the sense of an act. It was always, no matter where we worked, little revues."

Adolph Green, American Playwright

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"It is well to think well; it is divine to act well."

"It is well to think well; it is divine to act well."

Horace Mann, American Educator

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"This planet Earth, the act of putting a roof over our heads, our flesh and blood existence, it's all very temporary."

"This planet Earth, the act of putting a roof over our heads, our flesh and blood existence, it's all very temporary."

Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician

Act, Blood, Earth, Existence

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"I know that I and my office acted with the highest integrity as an independent inspector general should act."

"I know that I and my office acted with the highest integrity as an independent inspector general should act."

Gerald Walpin, American Public Servant

Act, Integrity, Office

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"I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else-that would be fatal."

"I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else-that would be fatal."

Graham Kennedy, Australian Entertainer

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"The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all."

"The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all."

Gary Cooper, American Actor

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"Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity."

"Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity."

Edmond De Goncourt, French Writer

Act, Despair, Infinity

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"I suppose I sometimes used to act like I wasn't a human being... Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe."

"I suppose I sometimes used to act like I wasn't a human being... Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe."

Madonna Ciccone, American Musician

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"We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting the Great Lakes. Yet nothing has been done on it."

"We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting the Great Lakes. Yet nothing has been done on it."

Jennifer Granholm, American Politician

Act, Force, Nothing, Republican

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