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

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

Marty Feldman, English Comedian

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"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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"The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing."

"The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing."

Jean Toomer, American Author

Act, First, Ignorance

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"My favorite thing to do is not act - it's that simple."

"My favorite thing to do is not act - it's that simple."

Sean Penn, American Actor

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"One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one."

"One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one."

Dalton Trumbo, American Novelist

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"The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical."

"The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical."

Henry George, American Economist

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"Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime."

"Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime."

Frank Serpico, American Celebrity

Act, Crime, Free speech, President

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"By then, I was making the slow transition from classical biochemistry to molecular biology and becoming increasingly preoccupied with how genes act and how proteins are made."

"By then, I was making the slow transition from classical biochemistry to molecular biology and becoming increasingly preoccupied with how genes act and how proteins are made."

Paul Berg, American Scientist

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"We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces."

"We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces."

Henry W. Kendall, American Scientist

Act, Faces, Order

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all."

"Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all."

Jim Elliot, American Clergyman

Act, First, Man, Martyr

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"You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow."

"You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow."

Harriet Martineau, English Writer

Act, Preparation, Today, Tomorrow

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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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"Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind."

"Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind."

Colin Powell, American Statesman

Act, Children, Giving, Schools

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"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing."

"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

Act, Being, Preaching, Sermons

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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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"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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"So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act."

"So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act."

Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist

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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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"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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"At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them."

"At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them."

Laura Linney, American Actress

Act, School, Teachers, Trying

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"Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act."

"Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act."

Simon Pegg, British Comedian

Act, Film, First

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"Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished."

"Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished."

Edward Coke, English Businessman

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"I think Hadley is to Rice as Scowcroft was to Kissinger; not inclined to think or act independently."

"I think Hadley is to Rice as Scowcroft was to Kissinger; not inclined to think or act independently."

Michael Ledeen, American Writer

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"The chaos can act as a magnifier of quantum fluctuations so that they can produce sizable effects in the world around us. But we know that that can happen often."

"The chaos can act as a magnifier of quantum fluctuations so that they can produce sizable effects in the world around us. But we know that that can happen often."

Murray Gell Mann, American Physicist

Act, Chaos, World

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"He hit me 18 times while I was in the act of falling."

"He hit me 18 times while I was in the act of falling."

Max Baer, American Athlete

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"I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself."

"I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself."

Irvine Welsh, Scottish Novelist

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"The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair."

"The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair."

Angelina Grimke, American Activist

Act, Denial, Despair, Duty

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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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"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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"In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement."

"In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement."

Peter Agre, American Scientist

Act, states, United

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"In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority."

"In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority."

James S. Coleman, American Sociologist

Act, Majority, School, Will

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"For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the many different kinds of act required in an industrial state, with its high degree of specialization, make for corresponding classification of status."

"For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the many different kinds of act required in an industrial state, with its high degree of specialization, make for corresponding classification of status."

Kenneth Burke, American Philosopher

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"How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking."

"How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking."

David Joseph Schwartz, American Businessman

Act, Mind, Thinking

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"With the opening of the second decade of the twentieth century it seemed that the stage was set for the last act in an unquestioned evolutionary drama."

"With the opening of the second decade of the twentieth century it seemed that the stage was set for the last act in an unquestioned evolutionary drama."

Ralph A. Cram, American Architect

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"I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999."

"I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999."

Kenneth Robert Livingstone, British Politician

Act, Authority, Exercise, Guidance

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"We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared."

"We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared."

Joshua A. Norton, American Celebrity

Act, President, Senate, states

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"Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy."

"Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy."

Howard Berman, American Politician

Act, Debate, Privacy, Public

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"While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars."

"While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most obvious, commonsense reforms to save taxpayer dollars."

Jim Ryun, American Athlete

Act, Beginning, Direction, Obvious

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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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