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"Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves."

"Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Action, Actions, Blame, Stars

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"Action and reaction are equal and opposite."

"Action and reaction are equal and opposite."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"It's just about going out and getting the shot, so I have a great understanding of how to execute it, so that really helps me, and also having a good understanding of all the action that I'm shooting, it helps me in determining how I'm going to capture it."

"It's just about going out and getting the shot, so I have a great understanding of how to execute it, so that really helps me, and also having a good understanding of all the action that I'm shooting, it helps me in determining how I'm going to capture it."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Action, Understanding

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"National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country."

"National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country."

Al Sharpton, American Politician

Action, Cities, Country, Network

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"Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences."

"Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences."

Barbara Deming, American Author

Action, Effect, Force

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"Action makes more fortune than caution."

"Action makes more fortune than caution."

Charlotte Whitton, Canadian Politician

Action, Caution, Fortune

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"As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington."

"As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington."

Doc Hastings, American Politician

Action, Failure, Answers, Veterans

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"Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity."

"Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity."

Edwin Hubbel Chapin, American Clergyman

Action, Eternity, Will

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"Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future."

"Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future."

Carly Fiorina, American Businessman

Action, Actions, Fight, Future, Media

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"Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action?"

"Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action?"

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

Action, Absence, Choice, Paradise

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"I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face."

"I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

Action, Forget, Name

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"In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things."

"In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things."

E. Stanley Jones, American Theologian

Action, Beliefs, Order

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"In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action."

"In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action."

George P. Baker, American Theorist

Action, Play, Reading

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"Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions."

"Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

Action, Actions, Consequences, Leaders, Opinion

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"We cannot lightly allow the perpetrator of a serious crime to go free simply because that person believed his actions were reasonable and necessary to prevent some perceived harm."

"We cannot lightly allow the perpetrator of a serious crime to go free simply because that person believed his actions were reasonable and necessary to prevent some perceived harm."

Sol Wachtler, American Judge

Action, Actions, Crime, Harm

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"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."

"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."

Jack Welch, American Businessman

Action, Ability, Learning

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"Giving up represents a choice you make when you decide not to take action on something over which you actually do have control."

"Giving up represents a choice you make when you decide not to take action on something over which you actually do have control."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

Action, Control, Choice, Giving

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"The moment to make your dreams come true is day before tomorrow, same time, called NOW."

"The moment to make your dreams come true is day before tomorrow, same time, called NOW."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Action, Dream, Now, Time

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"If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take."

"If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take."

James Callaghan, English Leader

Action, Law, Right

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"As soon as I had proved this and, of course, also the normal pointing action and reactions in all other extremities and joints, I stopped the experiment."

"As soon as I had proved this and, of course, also the normal pointing action and reactions in all other extremities and joints, I stopped the experiment."

Robert Barany, Austrian Scientist

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"Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture."

"Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture."

Charles Horton Cooley, American Sociologist

Action, Mind, Thinking

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"Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning."

"Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning."

Armstrong Williams, American Journalist

Action, Abuse, Contempt, Democracy

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"Do what you haven't done is the key, I think."

"Do what you haven't done is the key, I think."

Ridley Scott, British Director

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"It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product."

"It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Action, Selling, Violence, Want

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"An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?."

"An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?."

Moshe Sharett, Israeli Statesman

Action, Actions, Security

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"It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail."

"It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail."

Lech Walesa, Polish Activist

Action, Bitterness, Frustration

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"Japan's inexplicable lack of response to even consider a move to re-open their market to U.S. beef will sorely tempt economic trade action against Japan."

"Japan's inexplicable lack of response to even consider a move to re-open their market to U.S. beef will sorely tempt economic trade action against Japan."

Saxby Chambliss, American Politician

Action, Inexplicable, Trade, Will

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"Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny."

"Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny."

Harry S. Truman, American President

Action, Actions, Deeds, Destiny, Fate

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"To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them."

"To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them."

Hugh Prather, American Author

Action, Actions, Frustration, Results, Reward

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"To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin."

"To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin."

T. E. Lawrence, British Archaeologist

Action, Sin, Waste

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"When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism."

"When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Action, Conscience, Film, Realism

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"The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep."

"The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep."

Elia Kazan, American Director

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"Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction."

"Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction."

Charles J. Givens, American Businessman

Action, Inaction, Past, Reason

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"I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while."

"I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while."

Richard Farnsworth, American Actor

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"In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist."

"In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist."

Edward Koch, American Politician

Action, Foresight

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"More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against this guy - he's one of their own."

"More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against this guy - he's one of their own."

Jay Leno, American Comedian

Action, Congress, Now, Wonder

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"We must be vigilant in our actions towards criminals, and innovative in our approach towards solving crime."

"We must be vigilant in our actions towards criminals, and innovative in our approach towards solving crime."

Thomas Menino, American Politician

Action, Actions, Crime

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"Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms."

"Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

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"There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish."

"There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish."

Samuel Gompers, American Activist

Action, Order, Right, Wrong

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"Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions."

"Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

Action, Actions, Aggression, Behavior, Decisions

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"The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind."

"The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind."

Diane Arbus, American Photographer

Action, Contemplation, Mind, World

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"Finally, the House is working to require a comprehensive federal review of IRS regulations with a follow-up report to Congress on possible actions to reduce the tax paperwork burden imposed on small businesses."

"Finally, the House is working to require a comprehensive federal review of IRS regulations with a follow-up report to Congress on possible actions to reduce the tax paperwork burden imposed on small businesses."

Michael K. Simpson, American Politician

Action, Actions, Burden, Congress, Tax

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"I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action."

"I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

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"Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one."

"Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one."

Lord Jeffrey, British Philosopher

Action, Actions, Name, Will

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"When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking."

"When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Action, Balance, Man, Order

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"The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now."

"The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now."

Lech Walesa, Polish Activist

Action, Deeds, Now, Words, World

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"I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action."

"I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action."

Illeana Douglas, American Actress

Action, Dying, Will

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"Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds."

"Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

Action, Actions, Deeds, Sons

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"Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion."

"Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion."

Diane Feinstein, American Politician

Action, Being, Body, Fact

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"I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer."

"I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

Action, Actions

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