- Nov 07, 2020
Act Quotes
On acting, performing, and the difference between talk and action.
This page gathers quotes that use the word act in different senses - the nervous energy of live performance, and the question of who should be trusted to act as an advocate in a courtroom. Readers who like these might also enjoy Just quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
It is one thing to recognise certain potentially useful affinities, and another to act on them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People assume that because you have graced the same stage as the star act, in front of thousands, you must be reaping similar financial rewards. This is a complete fallacy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The essential attribute of a new sense is, not the perception of external objects or influences which ordinarily do not act upon the senses, but that external causes should excite in it a new and peculiar kind of sensation different from all the sensations of our five senses.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not agree with the use of 'signing statements' to effectively act as a line-item veto, except when the President believes a law or a provision within a law is unconstitutional.In general, if a President signs a law, they are committing themselves to enforcing it. If they don't believe it should become a law, they should veto it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I act here and there but you have to commit so far out in advance when you're directing that you - I'm kind of booked six months out, so it's hard.
- Nov 07, 2020
Act, and God will act.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't beautiful, so there were plenty of character roles. I never did any Shakespeare, I'm far too superficial for that. I just act instinctively.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dread is for my show to be a nostalgia act. So the key to it is how do we keep it fresh?
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Inspector General issued six reviews and reports on actions taken based on provisions of the act. In those six reports, the IG found that not one violation of an individual's civil liberties - a total of zero - had taken place since the act was instituted.
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- Nov 07, 2020