- 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
- Defiance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to further their enslavement.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.
- Castro
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remembered staffing a volunteer table for ACT UP in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood in 1991, on the corner of Castro and 18th Street, and on my table were posters, stickers, and t-shirts that bore the same slogan in all caps - ACT UP slogan house style. I wore one of those shirts to model for passers-by.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always known that I wanted to sing, and I wanted to dance, and I wanted to act.
- Instincts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I act with my gut instincts.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied acting at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh because I figured a good comedian certainly could act.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020