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the Action

«The action comes at us through a buzz of nattering remarks.»
Author: David Denby | Keywords: buzz, buzzing, the Action
«The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.»
Author: William Dean Howells | About: Action | Keywords: the Action
«The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced by his effort»
«To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for t»
«Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.»
«There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity, a lowered sexual energy, an inability to devote more than token attention to the preoccupations of the society outside. The action is everything, more consuming than sex, more immediate than politics; more important always than the acquisition of money, which is never, for the gambler, the true point of the exercise.»
«They pass through whirlpools, and deep woes do shun, who the event weigh, ere the action's done.»
«Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could b»
«Suit the action to the word, the word to the action»
«Suit the action to the world, the world to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature.»

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