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To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.
Helena Petrova Blavatsky

Time, Ignorance, Depression

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that can only be addressed through collective action, and government is the vehicle for collective action in a democracy.
Sherwood Boehlert

Government, Democracy, Through

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can pass concrete, effective legislation that will save consumers money while significantly reducing U.S. oil consumption.
Sherwood Boehlert

Money, Choice, While

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.
George P. Baker

Great, Play, Reading

King Lear alone among these plays has a distinct double action. Besides this, it is impossible, I think, from the point of view of construction, to regard the hero as the leading figure.
Andrew Coyle Bradley

Alone, Hero, Impossible

The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of action. It's a lot of asides and soliloquies where he's wrapped in angst, and that's not a very interesting character.
Kurt Sutter

Character, Taking, Characters

For me, it's interesting because I never thought of myself as an action man, but apparently I can do it, so that's good to know.
Jamie Campbell Bower

Good, Thought, Apparently

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.
Jenny Shipley

Future, Children, Difficult

The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.
Jenny Shipley

Women, Fact, Achieve

Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.
Michael Ramsey

Faith, Attitude, Knowledge

We had a single find of BSE in this country. And we believe that what we're doing is appropriate action taken in an abundance of caution under the circumstances. And I believe it's the right thing to do.
Ann Veneman

Single, Country, Find

It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action.
Stanley Milgram

Ignore, Easy, Chain

Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
Ed Royce

Why, Energy, Here

I am so grateful to everybody that supports the Sheckler Foundation, and gives us the ability to continue to help kids and injured action sports athletes.
Ryan Sheckler

Sports, Help, Grateful

So we still need a permanent fix. The president would sign the Dream Act tomorrow, the next day, the day after that. That's ultimately the only way to fix this, is for congressional action.
David Plouffe

Tomorrow, After, Dream

I'm an action fanatic.
Noah Hathaway

I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.
Noah Hathaway

Rather, Comedy, Cry

I will be doing a film called Whispers, for Disney. It's about elephants, and doesn't have any people in it. It will be a live action film - I don't know how much I can say about it, since I still don't know too much about it.
Trevor Rabin

Live, Film, Since

The tension I feel is the moment they say, 'Action!' Movies are like lightning in a bottle, and you always want to find when you possibly can catch a surprising moment.
Annette Bening

Movies, Find, Moment

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.
Walton Goggins

Life, Character, Between

I get a lot of action scripts. I get low-budget vehicles that will end up right on the video shelf. I want to do movies that I want to talk about, that I'm proud of, but I also want to make a living.
Dean Cain

Movies, End, Living

Japan's inexplicable lack of response to even consider a move to re-open their market to U.S. beef will sorely tempt economic trade action against Japan.
Saxby Chambliss

Against, Move, Economic

I encourage active skepticism - when people are being skeptical because they're trying to identify the best course of action. They're trying to identify the next step for themselves or other people.
Tim Ferriss

Best, Trying, Themselves

We have struggled with terrorism for a long time. In the Reagan administration, I was a hawk on the subject. I said terrorism is a big problem, a different problem, and we have to take forceful action against it. Fortunately, Ronald Reagan agreed with me, but not many others did.
George P. Shultz

Time, Long, Different

Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act.
Roger Wicker

Home, Law, Before

God isn't dead - he's just missing in action.
Phil Ochs

God, Dead, Missing

I like doing very high action things. Running, boxing, a lot of free weights. They're not heavy. I eat what I want, really, because I think that while you're working out you can eat better.
Natasha Bedingfield

Working, Free, While

You have to design and program differently. Combat action in an MMO is so different to combat in a first-person shooter.
John Romero

Design, Different, Program

You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act.
Auberon Herbert

Freedom, Him, Free

This was basically the first time I got to act in action scenes, with things blowing up all around me. It sounds corny, but I think every actor would like to - at least once in his or her career - play the person who saves the entire world.
Lukas Haas

Time, Person, Career

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