Quotes 221 till 240 of 455.
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Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.
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Man, like other organisms, is so perfectly coordinated that he may easily forget, whether awake or asleep, that he is a colony of cells in action, and that it is the cells which achieve, through him, what he has the illusion of accomplishing himself.
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Many progressives understand Scalia, and other conservative judges, in crassly political terms - as opponents of affirmative action, abortion, gun control, and campaign finance legislation. But what Scalia cared most about was clear, predictable rules, laid down in advance.
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Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.
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Me and Lucas Black are actually starring in that movie 'Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo.' It's gonna be hot and different. My first action movie, so it's gonna be great.
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Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
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Metaphorically, every vagina has secret teeth, for the male exits as less than when he entered. The basic mechanics of conception require action in the male but nothing more than passive receptivity in the female.
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) -
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
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Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength.
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My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope.
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My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.
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My mom made me watch 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was about 7 years old. When I was younger, I hated action movies and pretty much anything loud. So when she put it on, I covered my ears and ran out of the room.
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Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.
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National Action Network, the group I founded, has affiliates or chapters in over 40 cities around the country.
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Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
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Never confuse movement with action.
Papa Hemingway (1966)
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