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Action Quotes
"Awake! arise! the hour is late! Angels are knocking at thy door!They are in haste and cannot wait, And once departed come no more.Awake! arise! the athlete's arm Loses its strength by too much rest;The fallow land, the untilled farm Produces only weeds at best."
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"I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it?"
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"When you've committed yourself to violence it takes an almost inhuman effort to stop short. It's one of those things that once you've started need to be finished, rather like coitus, interrupting that's a sin, even the priests say so."
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"Start working my friend " start working towards humanizing the world. Because the world needs humans " conscientious humans, not some dumb manikins, driven by prejudice and discrimination."
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"She shot out of her seat, tired of waiting, at last ready to create her future."
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"After awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is."
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"I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support."
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"Talk is cheap, action is expensive."
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"When in darkness....strike a match."
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"Lack of action is the reason why an unwanted situation persists."
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"Every time you take a step, even when you don't want to. . . . When it hurts, when it means you rub chins with death, or even if it means dying, that's good. Anything that moves ahead, wins. No chess game was ever won by the player who sat for a lifetime thinking over his next move."
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"It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it."
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"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often."
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"Participate in your dreams today. There are unlimited opportunities available with this new day. Take action on those wonderful dreams you've had in your mind for so long. Remember, success is something you experience when you act accordingly."
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"Critiquing a doer isn't doing."
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"You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics."
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"The razor hung between his shoulder-blades from a loop of cotton string round his neck inside his shirt. The same motion of the hand which brought the razor forward over his shoulder flipped the blade open and freed it from the cord, the blade opening on until the back edge of it lay across the knuckles of his fist, his thumb pressing the handle into his closing fingers, so that in the second before the half-drawn pistol exploded he actually struck at the white man's throat not with the blade but with a sweeping blow of his fist, following through in the same motion so that not even the first jet of blood touched his hand or arm."
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"Showing up begins long before you stand at the start. Prove yourself an exception in a world where people talk more than act. Intent without follow-through is hollow. Disappoint yourself enough times and empty is how you feel. Make yourself proud. Fill yourself up. Show up."
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"Change occurs when excuses pivot to execution."
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