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"It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action remains so essential."

"It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action remains so essential."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Action, Capitalism, Community, Fight

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"You can expect interior enforcement actions in the future."

"You can expect interior enforcement actions in the future."

Asa Hutchinson, American Lawyer

Action, Actions, Future

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"Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression."

"Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

Action, Appetite, Enjoyment, Expression

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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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"Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions."

"Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions."

Jean Piaget, Swiss Psychologist

Action, Actions

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"Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform."

"Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform."

Julian Assange, Australian Activist

Action, Information, Leading, Reform

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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."

"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."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Theologian

Action, Reality, World, Truth

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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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"When you accept the fact you have no control and choose not to take any action, you are letting go."

"When you accept the fact you have no control and choose not to take any action, you are letting go."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

Action, Control, Fact

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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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"Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing."

"Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing."

Ernest Gaines, American Writer

Action, Nothing, Words

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"Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically."

"Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Action, Community

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"Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers."

"Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers."

David Kay, American Scientist

Action, President

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"I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear."

"I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

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"But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value."

"But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value."

Samuel Alexander, Australian Philosopher

Action, Sense, Value, Word

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"Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation."

"Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation."

Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge

Action, Country, Nation, Opinion

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"The problem is essentially that of communications to an army in action. After a rapid advance communications become disorganized, and there is a temporary halting until they are again in working order."

"The problem is essentially that of communications to an army in action. After a rapid advance communications become disorganized, and there is a temporary halting until they are again in working order."

John Desmond Bernal, Irish Scientist

Action, Army, Order

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"All real freedom springs from necessity, for it can be gained only through the exercise of the individual will, and that will can be roused to energetic action only by the force of necessity acting upon it from the outside to spur it to effort."

"All real freedom springs from necessity, for it can be gained only through the exercise of the individual will, and that will can be roused to energetic action only by the force of necessity acting upon it from the outside to spur it to effort."

Anna C. Brackett, American Philosopher

Action, Acting, Effort, Exercise

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"A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need."

"A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need."

Edwin Markham, American Poet

Action, Treasure

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"Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read."

"Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read."

Ross Perot, American Businessman

Action, Being, Contemplation, Living

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"I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action."

"I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Action, Film, Word

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"No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games."

"No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Action, Actions, Being, Class, Games

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"This is the Bond of the new millennium. Everything is updated, from the action sequences to the interaction between the characters. All the elements reflect changes that have occurred in the world in recent years."

"This is the Bond of the new millennium. Everything is updated, from the action sequences to the interaction between the characters. All the elements reflect changes that have occurred in the world in recent years."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Action, World, Years

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"It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions."

"It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions."

David Blunkett, British Politician

Action, Actions, Consequences, Responsibility

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"Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and brings to many households around the world visions and information which hopefully spur us to action."

"Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and brings to many households around the world visions and information which hopefully spur us to action."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Action, Information, Problems, Visions

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"Things are happening out there. Don't waste your life in wishful thinking. Get out of your cocoon and go make a name for yourself. Life is too short to be wasted in oblivion."

"Things are happening out there. Don't waste your life in wishful thinking. Get out of your cocoon and go make a name for yourself. Life is too short to be wasted in oblivion."

Ogwo David Emenike, Nigerian Author

Action, Initiative, Life, Truth, Wisdom

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"Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?"

"Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?"

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Action, Actions, Consequences, Desire, Will

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"It's like the old rule-if you introduce a gun into the first act of a play, it's going to be used in the third act. So if you do a movie about criminals, you have to accept there's going to be Some action."

"It's like the old rule-if you introduce a gun into the first act of a play, it's going to be used in the third act. So if you do a movie about criminals, you have to accept there's going to be Some action."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

Action, First, Old, Play

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"Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline."

"Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline."

Jeff Bingaman, American Politician

Action, Actions, Advice, Help

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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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"An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation."

"An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

Action, Artist, Man, Personality

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"A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe."

"A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe."

Georges Clemenceau, French Leader

Action, Acting, Man

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"My hope and prayer is that the body of Christ in America will awake with holy boldness, a boldness content neither with silence nor mere words but that backs up those words with action and results."

"My hope and prayer is that the body of Christ in America will awake with holy boldness, a boldness content neither with silence nor mere words but that backs up those words with action and results."

Frank R. Wolf, American Politician

Action, Hope, America, Body

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"You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking."

"You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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"I've always wanted to be an action figure."

"I've always wanted to be an action figure."

Jake Lloyd, American Actor

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"He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit."

"He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit."

Ernest Bramah, English Writer

Action, May, Reality

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"It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind."

"It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind."

Johannes P. Muller, German Scientist

Action, Influence, Mind, Result

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"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."

"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

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"Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action."

"Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action."

W. Edwards Deming, American Scientist

Action, Behavior, Theory

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"The storyboard artists job is to plan out shot for shot the whole show, write all the dialog, and decide the mood, action, jokes, pacing, etc of every scene."

"The storyboard artists job is to plan out shot for shot the whole show, write all the dialog, and decide the mood, action, jokes, pacing, etc of every scene."

Craig McCracken, American Artist

Action, Artists, Job, Jokes

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"The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union."

"The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union."

Dan Lipinski, American Politician

Action, Reality, Will

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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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"So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world."

"So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Action, Law, World

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"Fluorine has a protecting action against caries, but this is a local effect. If you drink it, you are running the risk of all kinds of toxic actions."

"Fluorine has a protecting action against caries, but this is a local effect. If you drink it, you are running the risk of all kinds of toxic actions."

Arvid Carlsson, Swedish Scientist

Action, Actions, Effect, Risk

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"Push today for what you want tomorrow!"

"Push today for what you want tomorrow!"

Lorii Myers, Canadian Author

Action, Today, Future, Drive

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"The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions."

"The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions."

E. Stanley Jones, American Theologian

Action, Actions, Mind, Unconscious

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"Angry issues need settling time."

"Angry issues need settling time."

Rajen Jani, Indian Author

Action, Emotion, Anger, Time, Healing

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"No action is without its side effects."

"No action is without its side effects."

Barry Commoner, American Scientist

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"It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline."

"It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline."

Alfred Jodl, German Soldier

Action, Character, Discipline, Army

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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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