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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.
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To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so off-putting.
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Then I trained as an opera singer for four years before I started singing professionally as a pop act.
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Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.
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There's something about the Houdini act that is not always made clear - about the escape act in general.
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A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.
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The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed.
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Advocates of a tax overhaul often point to the 1986 act as a model for a comprehensive approach that ushered in a long period of economic growth.
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Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.
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I want to show audiences I can act.
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Raising the debt limit on some levels is a ministerial act. It doesn't involve any new spending.
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