Quotes about act
act best greeks
Greeks have always been very confident, very strong people. That is - that is our real, I guess, benefit, is that we are independent thinkers. We will always get up on our feet. We - we sometimes act the best when we are downtrodden.
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We spend all this energy keeping our lives normal and safe and predictable, and the result is that our approved cultural safety valve is the movies. So in films, anyway, the hero is obliged to represent the continuance of social values and institutions, and his permission to act is much more seriously limited than the villain's. Peter Coyote
act god left parents sharing simple society teaches wisdom
Just the simple act of sharing wisdom is something that many parents have left to society to do; however, that is not what God teaches in His word.
acting chunk good love music start
Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do. Mary J. Blige
actual ball born might net score
I was born to score goals, I feel. How I score them - how I get the ball into the back of the net - might have changed. The actual ability of what I was born to do will never leave me. Michael Owen
activism bunch difficult people
Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that. Matt Bomer
act certain dialogue found hold impossible
We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000 people. In a certain sense, it was numbing. Paul Simon
actual ending imagine life malicious ours outside
It is inconceivable for our unconscious to imagine an actual ending of our own life here on Earth, and if this life of ours has to end, the ending is always attributed to a malicious intervention from the outside by someone else. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
active carol choir emotional love remember school
As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing. Douglas Adams
act family instead kid marriage models needy nurturing people role strong tried
In my family, as in all dysfunctional families, instead of parents who act as strong and nurturing role models for their children, you get these needy people who use their children. I was the kid who tried to take on the marriage. John Bradshaw
acting crucial gender mean playing present role taken
When we say gender is performed, we usually mean that we've taken on a role or we're acting in some way and that our acting or our role playing is crucial to the gender that we are and the gender that we present to the world. Judith Butler
act contrary man single superior
The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it. Confucius
acts constant
He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
act constitution gives time
A compromise is but an act of Congress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives us no security. But the Constitution is stable. It is a rock. John C. Calhoun
actively himself puts somebody tries
I have all the admiration in the world for somebody like Bono, who really puts himself on the line and tries actively to do something about our world situation. David Bowie
actual almost becomes essential involved life painting whether work
I do some kind of work, whether writing or painting or recording, on a daily basis. And it's so essential that when I'm involved in the actual process, my so-called 'real life' becomes almost incidental, which becomes worrying.
action cannot english-scientist human ought vain
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Jacob Bronowski
actions communion exercise great joy loving pain
The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus. Charles Spurgeon
act history hour perpetuate preserved processes word work
Behold, at this hour our moral history is being preserved for eternity. Processes are at work which will perpetuate our every act and word and thought.
act alone god goodness lord totally wholly
All the goodness I have within me is totally from the Lord alone. When I sin, it is from me and is done on my own, but when I act righteously, it is wholly and completely of God.
actual narrative taken
Anthropomorphic animals, when taken out of narrative into actual visibility, always turn into buffoonery or nightmare. C. S. Lewis
actions cannot degree effective highest intelligence police possibly require stakes succeed war
Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement. Barack Obama
act affordable business filling gaps lose
That's what the Affordable Care Act is all about. It's about filling the gaps in employer-based care so that when we lose a job, or go back to school, or start that new business, we'll still have coverage.
action against engaging facilities personnel priority safe syrian using
Our priority is to go after ISIL. And so what we have said is that we are not engaging in a military action against the Syrian regime. We are going after ISIL facilities and personnel who are using Syria as a safe haven, in service of our strategy in Iraq.
actions ball executive move orders sign
I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.
active avoid chose feminists foreign friendship marxist mistaken performance professors structural
To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets.
action change court determine governor issues legal mind people public regardless vote
The governor will not change his mind on this bill. The legal issues do not change, regardless of public input. It will take another vote of the people or a court action to determine the issue.
action based felt further governor numerous occasions policy took violation
The governor took the action she felt was appropriate based on the violation of her own policy and has said on numerous occasions that if any further action is warranted, she'll take it once the investigations are completed.
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The governor thinks it's a very important issue to be in D.C. to testify before the committee on all of the actions Texas took between Hurricane Katrina and Rita and the financial impact those actions had on our state and continue to have on our state.
action believes federal forced government governor inaction minimum president seek wage
The governor still believes it's appropriate for the federal government to take action but inaction by the president forced us to seek a minimum wage increase.
act cases guilt individual position
The governor's not in a position to retry individual cases for purposes of guilt or innocence, ... Clemency is discretionary and is an act of mercy.
action assertion citizen citizens contact corporate fema florida further governor housing immediate merely provide seeking
The governor's involvement was merely facilitating contact with a corporate citizen of Florida that was seeking to provide immediate housing relief. Any assertion the governor had to do with any contracting negotiations or further action by FEMA is unfounded.
act believes governor last lives quickly region week wise
The governor said last week he believes that is a wise decision. It makes sense when the region must act quickly and lives are on the line.