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"The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle."

"The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle."

Randy Neugebauer, American Politician

Act, Legislation, Now, President

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"What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing."

"What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing."

Jay Inslee, American Politician

Act, Fish, Nothing

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"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty."

"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Act, Liberty, Sheep

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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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"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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"Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language."

"Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

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"As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished."

"As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Act, Country, Dress

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"Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians."

"Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians."

Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer

Act, Hunting, Sea

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"No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment."

"No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment."

Peter Camejo, American Businessman

Act, Mind, Right

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"A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an actor has to have words. A stage. a camera turning."

"A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an actor has to have words. A stage. a camera turning."

Paul Muni, American Actor

Act, Words, Writer

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"Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech."

"Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech."

James L. Buckley, American Politician

Act, Freedom, Media, Mind

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"Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why!"

"Guys act strange around me. I swear I don't know why!"

Vanessa Hudgens, American Actress

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"I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures are made without script or written directions of any kind."

"I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures are made without script or written directions of any kind."

Buster Keaton, American Actor

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"And yet, if we don't, first and foremost, act responsibly with the national tax dollars that we have, we can't properly address those regional priorities that we would like to."

"And yet, if we don't, first and foremost, act responsibly with the national tax dollars that we have, we can't properly address those regional priorities that we would like to."

Melissa Bean, American Politician

Act, First, Tax, Priorities

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"I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act."

"I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act."

Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian Statesman

Act, Canada, Cause, Future

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"It's a big flash of all these things and whatever you take out of that statement's one statement, one mind, one statement, one act, one show, and all the songs are one."

"It's a big flash of all these things and whatever you take out of that statement's one statement, one mind, one statement, one act, one show, and all the songs are one."

Alice Cooper, American Musician

Act, Mind, Songs

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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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"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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"I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child."

"I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

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"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."

"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Act, Books, Creation

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"I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred."

"I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred."

Roger Nash Baldwin, American Activist

Act, Denial, Practice, Respect

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"I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me."

"I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me."

Jerzy Kosinski, Polish Novelist

Act, Interest, Sexuality

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"As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra."

"As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra."

Howard Keel, American Actor

Act, Being, Feeling, Nothing

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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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"It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel yourself into a new way of acting."

"It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel yourself into a new way of acting."

Harry Stack Sullivan, American Psychologist

Act, Acting, Feeling

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"Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that it is within families that children grow and thrive or don't."

"Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that it is within families that children grow and thrive or don't."

Bernice Weissbourd, American Social Worker

Act, Awareness, Children, Legislation

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"Wearing a bow tie is a statement. Almost an act of defiance."

"Wearing a bow tie is a statement. Almost an act of defiance."

Rick Kaplan, American Businessman

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"There's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general."

"There's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general."

James Randi, Canadian Entertainer

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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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"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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"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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"Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others."

"Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others."

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian Politician

Act, Actions, Americans, Wrong

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"If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly."

"If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly."

Dick Thornburgh, American Politician

Act, Aspirations, Congress, Future

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"The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed."

"The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed."

James G. Frazer, Scottish Scientist

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"Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far."

"Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Act, Chance, Theater, Will

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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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"Criticize the act, not the person."

"Criticize the act, not the person."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

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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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"My act is so completely and totally uncensored that the only way I could really pull it off is if I treat the audience like they're my best friends."

"My act is so completely and totally uncensored that the only way I could really pull it off is if I treat the audience like they're my best friends."

Joe Rogan, American Comedian

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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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"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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"I didn't act like I was there. I just got into the story."

"I didn't act like I was there. I just got into the story."

Jimmy Fallon, American Comedian

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"Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon."

"Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon."

Emile Durkheim, French Sociologist

Act, Causes, Suicide, Temperament

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"I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better."

"I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better."

Meg Tilly, American Actress

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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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"I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce."

"I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce."

Corbin Bernsen, American Actor

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"There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves."

"There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves."

Tom Wolfe, American Journalist

Act, Cooking, Earth, Woman

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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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"All it takes is a single act of aggression to permanently wound a nation's reputation."

"All it takes is a single act of aggression to permanently wound a nation's reputation."

Ramman Kenoun, French Philosopher

Act, Aggression, Nation, Reputation

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"In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations."

"In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations."

Roy Barnes, American Politician

Act, First, Open, Problems

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