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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
When the nation can act freely, then China may be called strong. To make the nation free, we must each sacrifice his freedom.
A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.
I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that's how I've felt about bands I love.
When you're a young black man, you're not allowed to be emotional. One of the reasons I act is people pay me to be emotional.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
What's powerful about a love scene is not seeing the act. It's seeing the passion, the need, the desire, the caring, the fear.
We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation.
I think that art is an act of violence, and the more emotionally engaged you are in a piece of art, the more violent it feels.
The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
I learned to appreciate repetition. That's why I can dance. It's how I learned to act. I have a high tolerance for repetition.
Nobody's perfect, so don't go out there and try to act like you got to live a perfect life. Be yourself, and be happy with it.
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.
So many people treat you like you're a kid so you might as well act like one and throw your television out of the hotel window.
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.
When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!
I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more accurate.
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
As children, we look up to people, for better or worse, and see them as the standard for how we should act and identify ourselves.
I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the nightmares stopped.
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.
I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.
I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
You have people who can't act and they get all these parts. Paris Hilton falls into her own category. She's made a career out of it.
If we all act together - business, governments, NGOs and citizens and, especially, the young - just imagine the good we could create.
I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?'
What rock n' roll was supposed to be about was getting loose, enjoying it, going a little crazy, and not caring how you act or dress.
In WWE, a gay person is usually portrayed like some sort of comedy act to be mocked and laughed at. The world's not like that anymore.
My Mom and Dad always told me to not act on emotion, act on what is real. When you're mad don't do something wrong because you're mad.
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
A few days after Bloody Sunday, there was demonstration in more than 80 American cities. People were demanding that the government act.
To be yourself is truly a revolutionary act, and I think more and more people should try it, because it's gotten me a pretty cool life.
I act, but I'm not necessarily an actor. Acting is just the first thing people see when they look at me. So I'd like to do more things.
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
The act of being nice to somebody at Starbucks is actually a huge thing. It's a real change you can effect in somebody's life every day.
The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.
If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny.
The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
Do I feel like I'm 65? No. I feel like I'm 15. That's my problem. I'm trying as hard as I can to act like I'm 65, but it's very difficult.
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.