"Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st."
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"Strong reasons make strong actions let us go If you say ay, the king will not say no."
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"We must not stint Our necessary actions in the fear To cope malicious censurers, which ever, As rav'nous fishes, do a vessel follow That is new-trimmed, but benefit no further Than vainly longing."
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"Hold, or cut bowstrings."
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"I profess not talking: only this, Let each man do his best."
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"A woman's thought runs before her actions."
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"When faced with a sea of troubles, take action, and in so doing end it."
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"There are plenty of good ideas, if only they can be backed with the power of action."
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"I myself find waiting more tiring than action."
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"I'm finished ... I'm done. What I want above all things is to take some active part in beating the Germans ... I'd go out to the Front at once."
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"All producers encourage you, whatever it is, to make it more-so. If you've got a joke, can it be funnier? If you've got an action sequence, can it be more exciting? That's the nature of being a producer."
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"Action movies to me are dramas with recognizable human beings that are in extraordinary situations."
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"In some ways, Valiant Gentlemen grows out of Tales of the New World, my collection of short stories about explorers who lived "great" lives, but whose experience of it was in the same register as all our lives are - we feel the same extent of human emotion regardless of how exceptional our actions are: nothing is more exceptional than one's own life."
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"An action of God may be the only thing that can save the Church today."
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"The end of being is to know; and if you say, the end of knowledge is action,-why, yes, but the end of that action again, is knowledge."
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"The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance."
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"All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished-by fear...be honest with a man and you have no fear. Try to deceive and the relationship deteriorates."
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"Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds."
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"Every noble activity makes room for itself."
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"As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action."
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