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Action Quotes - Page 13

When I became Prime Minister, I looked back on what was done before – what were the policies and actions before – and I thought that I need to be critical if I’m going to do anything at all.

"Interview with Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad". Interview with Sue Onslow, commonwealth-oral-history-project.blogs.sas.ac.uk. February 11, 2015.

Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.

"U-Turn: What If You Woke Up One Morning and Realized You Were Living the". Book by Bruce Grierson, p.53, April 3, 2007.

Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.

Laozi, Robert G. Henricks (1989). “Lao-tzu: Te-tao ching : a new translation based on the recently discovered Ma-wang-tui texts”

Characterization is an accident that flows out of action and dialogue.

Jack Woodford (2012). “Trial and Error”, p.177, askmar publishing

I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.

"Young, gifted and gabby" by Burhan Wazir, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2000.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.41, Cambridge University Press

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action.

Gore Vidal (2004). “Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia”, p.52, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action.

"Mustadrak al-Wasāʼil wa-mustanbaṭ al-masāʼil". Book by Ḥusayn Taqī al-Nūrī Ṭabarsī, Volume 11,

When you make a choice, you change the future.

FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from May 13, 2011