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Action Quotes
"Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity."
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"Man, like other organisms, is so perfectly coordinated that he may easily forget, whether awake or asleep, that he is a colony of cells in action, and that it is the cells which achieve, through him, what he has the illusion of accomplishing himself."
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"When you choose not to take action on something because you realize you have no control, this is letting go."
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"By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act."
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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."
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"Not that pleading can be taken as a test, for the forms of action, notably Debt, ignore the fundamental difference between duties imposed by law and duties created by the will of the parties."
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"But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others too affect their beliefs."
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"But picketing - picketing for or against something, and handing out literature - these are conspicuously formal actions. They have to be understood as indirect communication."
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"It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks."
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"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction."
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"Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action."
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"Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is better than all."
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"Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action."
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"General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions for the action when he fell, mortally wounded, at the head of his advance."
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"The task is not to turn the world upside down but in a given place to do what, from the perspecive of reality, is necessary objectively and to really carry it out."
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"One's task is not to turn the world upside down but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality."
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"You may not have a clue of what lies ahead, but it's better to act on life than simply let life act on you."
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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."
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"National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country."
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"Strive to be a proactive participant rather than a passive procrastinator."
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"Lets Rock Cancer's World."
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"You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking."
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"The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing."
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"The Microsoft actions announced today are exactly the kinds of industry initiatives we need. Microsoft is using its resources to bring real privacy protection to Internet users by creating incentives for more websites to provide strong privacy protection."
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"I wouldn't even know - and I spent three years in the CIA - I wouldn't even know how you'd start a covert action program in a place like Iran. It would be extraordinarily difficult."
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"I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long-term unfunded obligation and put the system on a sustainable basis."
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"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."
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"Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action."
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"The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did nothing."
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"We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible."
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"Congress must make it clear that common animal waste will not expose farmers to liability under Superfund, while ensuring continued action to clean up legitimate hazardous waste sites around the nation."
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"All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light."
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