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• As we drew near to the gates of Dother Hall the old bell in the belfry rang out. I said, 'I must go in, it's nigh on ten of the clock.' He half-turned away from me, his jacket collar hiding his expression. Was he angry? Disappointed?" Jo looked intently and I said, "Hungry?" Jo ignored me, but as she passed by acting out walking away from Phil, she allowed her hand to slap against my head.

  Louise Rennison

  Walking Away, Expression, Hands

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• I met many Russians over the years who were convinced my brothers and I were a cabal, pulling strings behind the scenes to shape American policy. The Soviets had no conception of how a pluralistic democracy works and believed elected officials, up to and including the president of the United States, were only figureheads acting out the roles dictated to them by the real "powers that be" - in this case, my family.

  David Rockefeller

  Brother, Real, Power

  David Rockefeller (2011). “Memoirs”, p.329, Random House

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• For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality can become idealistic and imitative, acting out the image of generosity before it has become genuine.

  Jack Kornfield

  Spiritual, Generosity, Quality

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• When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that identify him, asserting his identity.... We are designed, coded, it seems, to place the highest priority on being individuals, and we must do this first, at whatever cost, even if it means disability for the group.

  Lewis Thomas

  Reading, Mean, Priorities

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• People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society.

  Stephen Covey

  Mom, Freedom, Exercise

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Spiritually, no action is more important than surrender. Surrender is the tenderest impulse of the heart, acting out of love to give whatever the beloved wants. Surrender is being alert to exactly what is happening now, not imposing expectations from the past. Surrender is faith that the power of love can accomplish anything, even when you cannot foresee the outcome of a situation.

  Deepak Chopra

  God, Heart, Past

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• The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer pilgrimage. One can have one without the other. It is best to have both.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Journey, Acting

  Thomas Merton (1999). “Mystics and Zen Masters”, p.92, Macmillan

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• Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out their conscience, thus helping bring the collective conscience to life.

  Norman Cousins

  Life, Motivational, Peace

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• a lot of human behavior was really acting out our responses to dangers long past.

  Orson Scott Card

  Past, Long, Acting

  Orson Scott Card (2002). “Ender's Shadow”, p.100, Macmillan

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• Judge no one until you know their circumstances. No matter how awful they seemed, sometimes there was a valid reason for their behaviour. Granted, some people were just mean and corrupt, but not always. Many people were just in pain, and by acting out, they were only trying to protect themselves from being hurt more.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hurt, Pain, Mean

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• Comedy is acting out optimism.

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Philosophy, Memorable

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Acting, Roles, Happened

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• Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

  Vaclav Havel

  Inspirational, Powerful, Acting

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• In Italy, kids are taken to restaurants very early, they're welcome there, and they learn how to behave. You don't see a lot of screaming crying kids acting out in a restaurant in Italy. They don't put up with that.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Taken, Kids, Acting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think cheating can inherently mean a deeper problem, someone is acting out.

  Sutton Foster

  Cheating, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• You feel the weight of the world and you take things in and you are acting out from a place of being pushed and visceral. It's heavy. You can't be there all of the time.

  Dan Mangan

  Acting, World, Weight

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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• It's so fun to play something that feels reckless - not all the time, but I really must be acting out something that I can't do in real life.

  Kathryn Hahn

  Fun, Real, Play

  "Kathryn Hahn on Pinterest, Motherhood, and What It's Like In Jill Soloway's 'Pussy Womb'". Interview with Rachel Handler, www.mtv.com. July 26, 2016.

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• Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. You don't want to work with people who don't care or who are acting out some neurotic, crazy thesis on the set.

  Robert De Niro

  Crazy, People, Acting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Visualizing, creative mental picturing, is no more difficult than what you do when you remember some scene out of the past, or worry about the future. Acting out new action patterns is no more difficult than deciding, then following through on tying your shoes in a new and different manner each morning, instead of continuing to tie them in your old habitual way, without thought or decision.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Morning, Past, Shoes

  Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.19, Penguin

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• In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw myself as a victim.

  Boy George

  Song, Writing, Acting

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• If I am acting out in any particular way that is harmful to myself - without a shadow of doubt, there is a feeling suppressed under wanting that second candy bar. Often, it is that little voice I haven't paid attention to. It's generally not the adult voice. If I take a moment to address that and figure out what that is, the desire for the candy bar seems to dissipate.

  Danny Boyle

  Voice, Feelings, Doubt

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Quotes are a way of acting out not just a text, and not just thinking, but the making of a text. The construction of thinking.

  Masha Tupitsyn

  Thinking, Acting, Way

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• That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

  Viola Davis

  Acting, Actors, Bad Acting

  Source: featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com

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• An addict is an addict. If they're not acting out in one area, it tends to come out in another. I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate.

  Edie Falco

  Thinking, Acting, Accurate

  "A Conversation With Edie Falco". Interview by June Thomas, www.slate.com. April 6, 2012.

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• You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're writing on your feet, and you are acting out the words and you are directing what the staging is. You're deciding what staging is.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Real, Writing, Feet

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