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A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
Ayn Rand
Worth
Achieve
Action
Possibility
Goal
Achieving
Which
Desire
In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.
B. H. Liddell Hart
Future
Past
Reflect
Endeavor
Duty
Action
Every
Soldier
Immediate
Sphere
Particular
Discover
His
Experiences
Which
Should
Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
Ban Ki-moon
War
Women
Progress
Fear
Goals
Drive
Action
Rebuild
Increase
Aims
Mine
Reclaim
Security
Towards
Looming
Caused
End
Which
Central
Land
Communities
Explosive
I call for greater measures to involve more women at higher levels in mine action. Governments should do more to address gender in their mine action programmes and through their implementation of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention.
Ban Ki-moon
Women
Gender
Action
Programmes
Address
Mine
More
Higher
Through
Higher Levels
Implementation
Involve
Call
Greater
Governments
Ban
Convention
Should
Measures
Levels
I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over what course of action should be taken by the international community. All those actions should be taken within the framework of the U.N. Charter, as a matter of principle.
Ban Ki-moon
Peace
Debate
Matter
Important
Community
Action
Believe
Framework
Topic
Those
Critically
Security
Weapons
Ongoing
Charter
Take
Taken
Over
Principle
Course
Within
Chemical
Note
Should
International
International Community
Actions
International Peace
Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.
Barbara Deming
Be Nice
Action
Nice
Others
Consult
Force
Does
Nonviolent
Effect
Get
Them
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
Barbara Deming
Speak
Power
Action
Meek
Resort
Both
Most
Effective
Conscience
Violent
Need
Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.
Barbara Olson
People
Will
Face
Action
Everyone
Out
Responsibilities
Carrying
Hopefully
Some
Point
Pursuing
Principled
Course
Least
Oversight
Republicans
Spans
Even
Credit
It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action remains so essential.
Barney Frank
Capitalism
Fight
Problem
Political
Community
Action
Remains
Because
Intellectual
Essential
Against
Aspects
Community Action
Therefore
Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.
Barry Commoner
Environmental
Day
People
Action
Resolve
Earth
Earth Day
Evidence
Threat
Understood
American
Wanted
American People
Defenders must be careful yet decisive when taking action.
Becky Sauerbrunn
Action
Must
Be Careful
Taking
Decisive
Defenders
Careful
I always wanted to write a book. Not a romance novel. Maybe a crime thriller. Something with action. Maybe that will happen some day.
Becky Sauerbrunn
Day
Book
Crime
Will
Action
Some
Something
Thriller
Write
Always
Maybe
Romance
Wanted
Happen
Novel
I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.
Bel Powley
You
People
Confused
Strong
Action
Think
Characters
Strong Female
Female
Female Characters
Get
Mean
Figure
Action Figure
Play
Need
What makes the vault so spectacular is because it's a very athletic type of event, where it needs a lot of speed, a lot of explosive action and, of course, great coordination.
Bela Karolyi
Great
Needs
Action
Speed
Type
Athletic
Vault
Course
Because
Makes
Lot
Very
Where
Explosive
Event
Coordination
Spectacular
I think a very clear cut example of - dare I say - plagiarism is the Sam Smith-Tom Petty situation, where you have a song that is flagrantly... it is the hook from one song being used for another song. To me, that was a very obvious example of plagiarism. If somebody had done that to me, I would probably take a similar course of action.
Ben Gibbard
Me
You
Song
Somebody
Example
Situation
Action
Petty
Think
Say
Hook
Dare
Would
Similar
Take
Had
Clear
Obvious
Another
Course
Very
Sam
Done
Being
Where
Plagiarism
Cut
Used
Being Used
There are a lot of complaints by the older generation about the lack of action in this generation. My retort: give these people something to be engaged in. Cutting a check is not engaging.
Ben Rattray
Generation
People
Action
Older
This Generation
Complaints
About
Give
Something
Check
Lot
Lack
Cutting
Engaged
Engaging
Older Generation
I don't think people realize how many decisions the president of the United States makes about military action.
Ben Rhodes
People
Action
Military
Think
President
States
About
Makes
How
Decisions
Realize
Military Action
Many
United
United States
The whole reason Pinterest exists is to help people discover the things that they love and then go take action on them, and a lot of the things they take action on are tied to commercial intent.
Ben Silbermann
Love
People
Action
Take
Tied
Go
Discover
Lot
Exists
Pinterest
Commercial
Intent
Them
Then
Help
Reason
Help People
Whole
Things
You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.
Ben Stein
You
Win
Action
Table
Where
Cannot
We watched a lot of Hong Kong action movies in my house when I was growing up.
Benedict Wong
Action
Hong Kong
House
Kong
Lot
Up
Movies
Action Movies
Growing
Growing Up
Watched
It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.
Benicio Del Toro
Character
Sometimes
Demanding
Vice Versa
Action
Because
Versa
Very
Role
Depends
Vice
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Benjamin Disraeli
Experience
Thought
Action
Child
There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Ignorance
People
Political
Mind
Action
Society
Destroyed
Must
Totally
Indifference
General
Perfect
Thus
Powerful
Most
Most Powerful
Causes
Accompanied
Motives
Politically
Human
Cannot
Which
Interests
Act
Ignorant
Human Mind
Many
Why
No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Government
Character
Strong
Law
Prosperity
Be Strong
Nation
National
Action
Weak
Must
Degraded
Tendency
He
Performs
Prince
Himself
Makes
National Character
Subjects
Decay
Which
While
Injure
Flourish
Flourishing
Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.
Bennie Thompson
Women
Battle
Men
Men And Women
Nation
Young
Action
Our
Perhaps
Most
Course
Undertake
Sending
Young Men
Serious
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
Bernard Baruch
Life
Thought
Whatever
Action
Follies
Failures
Known
Without
Witnessed
Private
Been
Errors
Committed
Public
Public Life
Consequence
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