Quotes with action-adventure

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  • Billy Crudup There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.
    Billy Crudup
    American actor (1968 - )
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  • Arthur Henderson Therefore, let us not despair, but instead, survey the position, consider carefully the action we must take, and then address ourselves to our common task in a mood of sober resolution and quiet confidence, without haste and without pause.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Barbara Deming Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Henri-Louis Bergson Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
    Henri-Louis Bergson
    French philosopher and Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1927) (1859 - 1941)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • W. Clement Stone Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Charles Dickens This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Brooks Atkinson This nation was built by men who took risks - pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Cyril Connolly Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Bhagavad Gita Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • William Wordsworth Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Doug Horton Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Tryon Edwards Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • John Dryden Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Myriam Miedzian To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood.
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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  • Scott Reed To begin with, you must realize that any idea accepted by the brain is automatically transformed into an action of some sort. It may take seconds or minutes or longer - but ideas always produce a reaction of some sort.
    Scott Reed
    American author
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie To die will be an awfully big adventure.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Albert Camus To know oneself, one should assert oneself. Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself. We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau To live is not breathing it is action.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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