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When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country. That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face. We were denied service and categorized as enemy non-alien. George Takei
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It was Dec. 22, 1981. I figured I had messed up enough, and I decided to have a little faith and let God take over. It definitely straightened my act up in a hurry. Glen Campbell
God Faith Enough Definitely Hurry Take Had Over Over It Messed Messed Up Up Decided Little Little Faith Straightened Act Figured
The single overriding objective in wellness is creating constant personal renewal where we recognize and act on the truth that each day is a miraculous gift, and our job is to untie the ribbons. That's the Law of Esprit: living life with joy. Greg Anderson
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Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again. Grover Cleveland
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization. Hans Hofmann
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State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those consenting entities. It is not a religious act or rite and so has nothing to do with Adam and Eve or Steve or even Harvey. Harvey Fierstein
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It has always been difficult for Man to realize that his life is all an art. It has been more difficult to conceive it so than to act it so. For that is always how he has more or less acted it. Havelock Ellis
Life Art Man Difficult Has-Been More More Or Less He Conceive Always How Been His Than Realize Act Acted Less
I've pretty much always lived paycheck to paycheck. I never considered it struggling, but it has always been a high-wire act. Hunter Biden
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I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting. J. K. Simmons
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There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world. J. William Fulbright
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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act. Jack Welch
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me. Jackie Evancho
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Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians. Jacques Yves Cousteau
Hunting Like Barbarians Act Sea Farming
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. James Baldwin
Danger Committed Act
When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking. James Baldwin
You Man Balance Action Satisfied Thinking Insane Must Somewhat He Himself Proves Lack Order Sensible Ask Act Meant Reasonably
If you invent something, you're doing a creative act. It's like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and soul into it, and money. It's years of your life, it's your house remortgaged, huge emotional investment and financial investment. James Dyson
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Kids love watching adults act like children. It's that spirit they can relate to. James Roday
Love Relate Kids Spirit Adult Like Children Act Watching
Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively. Jenny Shipley
Future Speak Action Difficult Our Must Insufficient Issues Expect Commitments Children Grandchildren Hollow Us Act Tolerated
I have an act I take on the road. That's what saved me. I dont know how most actors make a living. Jerry Van Dyke
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It's a privilege to act, and you have to protect and cherish it. Jesse Metcalfe
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Horses are prey animals, and most of the other animals that I've shot are predators. If you act mellow with predators, they know that they can kill you, so they are cool, but if you work with prey, they think that you're going to kill them at any moment. Jill Greenberg
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I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself. Joan Allen
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Sometimes you have to not just dream about what could be - you get out and push and you pull and you preach. And you create a climate and environment to get those in high places, to get men and women of good will in power to act. John Lewis
Good You Women Sometimes Will Men Men And Women Power Preach Those Out High Dream High Places About Could Push Environment Climate Get Just Places Create Act Pull
In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. John Reed
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I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it. Judi Dench
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I could say I'm a writer or that I'm a musician but I don't really do music; I do music to go with things I'm developing. Then I do act in a few things, but I'm not really an actor. I'm not a comedian, but I am known for comedy. I just don't know. I feel like I'm a slightly interdisciplinary jack of all trades. Julian Barratt
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