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Action Quotes
"Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression."
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"It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through."
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"It was never really my choice to be an action heroine."
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"I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action."
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"In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor."
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"When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense the condition of a perception, we place the perceived images of things outside the image of our body, and thus replace perception within the things themselves."
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"We've advanced in the construction of a true free-trade area across South America... What's needed now is less rhetoric and more action."
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"Act as if you are the hero of the movie we call life."
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"Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy."
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"Take one more step because it might be the last one needed."
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"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."
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"One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action."
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"Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not."
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"Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics."
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"Strong convictions precede great actions."
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"Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be."Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do!Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years""We'll fix that" Kelsier promised."
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"May the days be aimless. Do not advance action according to a plan."
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"Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year."
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"When an action is once done, it is right or wrong for ever; no accidental failure of its good or evil fruits can possibly alter that."
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"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
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"In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you."
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"Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action."
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"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action."
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"I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here."
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"As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it."
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"The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident."
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"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."
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"So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed with us on the urgent need for this military action against Iraq."
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"Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears."
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"Inaction may be the biggest form of action."
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"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction."
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"Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending."
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