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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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"Act like you expect to get into the end zone."

"Act like you expect to get into the end zone."

Christopher Morley, American Author

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"Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place."

"Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place."

Martha Graham, American Dancer

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"It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it."

"It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it."

Robert Motherwell, American Artist

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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 can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe."

"I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

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"I want to act because I don't know how to do anything else."

"I want to act because I don't know how to do anything else."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

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"I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style."

"I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style."

Kathy Griffin, American Comedian

Act, Computer, Hate, Style

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"I think it's a lame excuse for a lot of these rappers to say they only call girls bitches or hos because they act like that. It doesn't make them right."

"I think it's a lame excuse for a lot of these rappers to say they only call girls bitches or hos because they act like that. It doesn't make them right."

Queen Latifah, American Musician

Act, Girls, Right

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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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"I've got a tough act to follow."

"I've got a tough act to follow."

Scott Caan, American Actor

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"It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe."

"It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe."

Zachary Taylor, American President

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"The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out."

"The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out."

Barbara Deming, American Author

Act, Being, Brotherhood, Freedom

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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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"I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration."

"I act and perform in hopes of getting attention and admiration."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

Act, Admiration, Attention

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"I knew I wanted to act, and I was really driven, so I kept going for it. We moved to L.A. full-time when I was 8 or 9."

"I knew I wanted to act, and I was really driven, so I kept going for it. We moved to L.A. full-time when I was 8 or 9."

Hilary Duff, 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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"I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act."

"I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

Act, Credit, Nation, Will

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"Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act."

"Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act."

Ferdinand Lassalle, German Politician

Act, Germany, Will

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"The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs."

"The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs."

Joe Baca, American Politician

Act, Crisis, Energy, Help

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"We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act."

"We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act."

Charles Darwin, English Scientist

Act, Laws, Universe

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"I know I can act and it doesn't matter where you come from."

"I know I can act and it doesn't matter where you come from."

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

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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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"To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation."

"To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Act, Circumstances, Man, Nation

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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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"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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"Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish."

"Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish."

John Henry Newman, British Clergyman

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"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."

"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."

Henry Miller, American Author

Act, Actor, Beginning, Man

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"Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim."

"Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Act, Acting, Error

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"Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don't know how to act?"

"Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don't know how to act?"

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

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"The nation demands a movement which has written upon its banner the internal and external national freedom that it will act as if it were the spiritual, social and political conscience of the nation."

"The nation demands a movement which has written upon its banner the internal and external national freedom that it will act as if it were the spiritual, social and political conscience of the nation."

Franz von Papen, German Politician

Act, Conscience, Freedom, Nation

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"Judges pretty much act independently once they get on the bench so I'm not really sure why Harper's concerned that the court is currently being stacked with a lot of Liberal appointments."

"Judges pretty much act independently once they get on the bench so I'm not really sure why Harper's concerned that the court is currently being stacked with a lot of Liberal appointments."

Alan Young, English Actor

Act, Being, Court, Judges

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"The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses."

"The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

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"There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community."

"There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community."

Jeanne Shaheen, American Senator

Act, College, Community, Students

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"When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act."

"When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act."

Debra Wilson, American Comedian

Act, Old, Years

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"Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire."

"Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire."

Daniel P. Moynihan, American Politician

Act, Desire, Participation, Public

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"I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do."

"I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

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"One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons."

"One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Theologian

Act, Obedience, Sermons

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"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Act, Quotation, Words

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"The emergence of Pakistan, a decade ago, was an act of protest against the existence of privilege in the social order of the subcontinent of India."

"The emergence of Pakistan, a decade ago, was an act of protest against the existence of privilege in the social order of the subcontinent of India."

Aly Khan, Italian Public Servant

Act, Existence, Order, Privilege

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"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to - act as if it were impossible to fail."

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to - act as if it were impossible to fail."

Dorothea Brande, American Writer

Act, Frustration

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"The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis."

"The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis."

Samuel Alexander, Australian Philosopher

3

"I am working on my nightclub act, definitely want to do more singing."

"I am working on my nightclub act, definitely want to do more singing."

Keith David, American Actor

Act, Singing, Want

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"When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested."

"When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested."

Beyonce Knowles, American Musician

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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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"Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence."

"Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence."

Jules Feiffer, American Cartoonist

Act, Bed, Confidence

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"Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown."

"Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

3

"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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"It turned out to be exactly that, but more challenging emotionally. I looked at it in a more physical way, having to act in a chair and move around. But it really was more emotionally challenging."

"It turned out to be exactly that, but more challenging emotionally. I looked at it in a more physical way, having to act in a chair and move around. But it really was more emotionally challenging."

Gregory Hines, American Actor

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"But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act."

"But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act."

George Pataki, American Politician

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