"To me, political action involves making the politician who represents us know that he either produces or he is out, and he's out one way or another."
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"Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up."
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"I wish to work miracles."
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"Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives."
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"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams."
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"Do something everyday that you don't want to do."
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"a vast deal may be done by those who dare to act."
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"There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action."
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"Inspiration without action is really entertainment. So while something can be very inspiring it is not transformative until you actually do something with it."
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"Success doesn't sneak up on us; it starts as a dream that we combine with a clear plan of action."
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"Revolution is but thought carried into action."
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"My experience over 17 years playing with the Yankees, these are a few of the things that I've learned. You've got to have a plan of action, You have to stay focused on the things you can control, and don't get discouraged or distracted by the things you cannot control."
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"At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action."
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"...the life which is best for men, both separately, as individuals, and in the mass, as states, is the life which has virtue sufficiently supported by material resources to facilitate participation in the actions that virtue calls for."
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"Watch your actions, they become your habits."
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"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest."
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"The worst thing I can do is nothing."
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"The end of man is action."
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"How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same."
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"One must fight for a life of action, not reaction."
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