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"Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily."

"Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily."

Hermann Ebbinghaus, German Psychologist

Act, Consciousness, Present, Spontaneity

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"I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing."

"I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing."

Obie Trice, American Musician

Act, Actor, Nothing, Right

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"I always wanted to act."

"I always wanted to act."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

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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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"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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"To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting."

"To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting."

George Eads, American Actor

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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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"My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit."

"My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit."

Cliff Stearns, American Politician

Act, Tax, Interest, Legislation

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"I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion."

"I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion."

Mandy Moore, American Musician

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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 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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"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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"The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection."

"The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection."

William Godwin, English Writer

Act, Man, Philosophy

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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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"He's very alive in a scene. He's a very good actor to act with. Even though through most of the picture he's blind, there are many places early in the picture I got to be with him before he was blind. Like convincing him in the office to do the picture."

"He's very alive in a scene. He's a very good actor to act with. Even though through most of the picture he's blind, there are many places early in the picture I got to be with him before he was blind. Like convincing him in the office to do the picture."

Mark Rydell, American Director

Act, Actor, Blind, Office

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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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"The creative act is like writing a letter. A letter is a project; you don't sit down to write a letter unless you know what you want to say and to whom you want to say it."

"The creative act is like writing a letter. A letter is a project; you don't sit down to write a letter unless you know what you want to say and to whom you want to say it."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

Act, Project, Want, Writing

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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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"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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"So many singers want to act, and so many actors try to sing."

"So many singers want to act, and so many actors try to sing."

Crystal Gayle, American Musician

Act, Actors, Want

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"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?"

"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?"

Buddha, Indian Leader

Act, Will, Words

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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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"I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in."

"I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

Act, Film, Writing

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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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"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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"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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"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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"Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it."

"Communism is a proposition to structure the world more reasonably, a proposition for changing the world. As such, we have to analyze it and, if we deem it reasonable, act upon it."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

Act, Communism, World

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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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"You get to act for a living. You're fortunate. So act like it."

"You get to act for a living. You're fortunate. So act like it."

Jeremy London, American Actor

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"It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do."

"It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do."

Richard Steele, British Dramatist

Act, Care, Pursuit

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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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"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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"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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"You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one."

"You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

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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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"I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things doesn't mean you are a bunch of things. I can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer."

"I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things doesn't mean you are a bunch of things. I can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer."

Bebe Neuwirth, American Actress

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"If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want - except neurosurgery."

"If you act like you know what you're doing, you can do anything you want - except neurosurgery."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

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"The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act."

"The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act."

Barbara Sher, American Businessman

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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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"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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"In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects."

"In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Act, Causes, Infinite, Literature

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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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"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 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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"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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"I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth."

"I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

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"A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve."

"A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve."

Salmon P. Chase, American Politician

Act, Grave, Man, Resignation

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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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"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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