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You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The idea of being a troubadour on the road singing for your supper was very disturbing to him.

James Earl Jones

Truth

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good.

I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race.

Congress did a good thing back in 1995 in passing the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act. That act did a simple thing. It provided automatic royalty relief for new leases for 5 years in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Thomas Jefferson

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World

I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.

Thomas Jane

Act

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James

Act

Difference

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

William James

Quality

Act

I will act as if what I do makes a difference.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.