The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.
Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.
The simple act of caring is heroic.
Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.
It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.
People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.
I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.
Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl.
I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement.
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.