Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.
My parents were both actors my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the mover.
There is a hunger to see the human presence acted out. As long as that need remains, people will find a way to do theater.
To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another.
Most clubs say they will not tolerate any forms of discrimination - that cannot be something that is just said. It needs to be acted on.
If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled.
We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.
I acted with Albie at Stratford-on-Avon in the 1959 season. We in the acting company tended to hang out at the pub known as the Dirty Duck.
People must know that their ideas will be listened to and, if they have merit, acted upon. If they do, it is possible to mobilize individual creativity on a very broad scale.
Houston is a dynamic, international city shaped by leaders who dreamed big and acted with an eye firmly focused on the long term.
The broader and more influential organisations of businessmen have acted to undermine the basic foundation of the free market system they purport to represent and defend.
I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.
The last years of fading communism provided an ideal environment for Poland's Catholic Church, which acted as an umbrella for dissenters of all sorts.
We were running around in the woods telling stories and putting on costumes. We're terrible actors, but we acted in everything that we did, and it was fun.
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
I had ADD as a kid and often acted as the class clown. My teachers used to tell my mom, 'Raphael thinks he's a real comedian.'
On the Greek stage a drama, or acted story, consisted in reality of three dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day.
The more I've acted, I've realised that I have a) no control of and b) no way of really quite understanding how people react to anything I do, or any movie I do.
I acted in a couple friends's short films and thought I was gonna be really good and mysterious and sexy. And I was just terrible and self-aware.
The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.
How many ages hence
Shall this our lofty scene be acted over
In states unborn and accents yet unknown!
I've always acted; in fact, I can't remember a time when I was not. When I was little, cinema was a game, then my father's job and now mine.
We believe that the materials and the stories taken from the raw can be finer (more real in the philosophic sense) than the acted article.
I'm a big fan of Woody Allen. I used to love the fact that he wrote his own screenplay and acted in the movie.
I have been to lots of parties and acted perfectly disgraceful but I never actually collapsed oh Lana Turner we love you get up
In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.
I have acted in over 50 films and 15 daily soaps, but the thrill I feel while performing for my home audience is unparalleled.
The best ideas come unexpectedly from a conversation or a common activity like watering the garden. These can get lost or slip away if not acted on when they occur.
I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.
I acted in 'Kaante' because Sanjay Gupta insisted me to do it. At that time, I had never thought that I would be acting in films.
For all the success, I never acted any differently. I've always done the same things and I can honestly say I've not changed in the slightest. Sometimes that's the problem.
Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence.
My parents thought if they put me in drama classes, I might come out of my shell. It worked, and I've acted ever since.
I really loved when I started doing '70s Show,' though I had never acted before, so it was a great training ground being on a sitcom.
My father acted as the Illinois Branch president of the NAACP and so we spent a lot of time in the marches and the rallies working on behalf of people of color.
I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.
Be acted upon rather than active. In this way, God will do through you alone what all men put together could not do without Him.
Above all, anger needs to be felt so it can be talked through, understood and integrated, rather than acted out. In this way, it cleanses the self.
Broken Horses is an artistic triumph. Beautifully written, acted and imaged, this film wraps slowly around you like a king snake and squeezes.
My mother never let on that anything was wrong. She kept her chin up and acted as if everything were just fine. So we did too.
Over the past few years, I've acted in movies such as 'Teen Kanya,' 'Charuulata 2011' and 'Muktodhara,' which have all been told from a woman's perspective.
Even though I've acted in many films, I have directed for the first time, and I will always consider myself a student.
We all want to believe that our country's forces have, at all times and even under extreme pressure, acted with both humanity and honour.
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
The only reason why I acted in school was because of the community, like I was in the chorus of every play, I was never really the lead.
I know the death of my grandmother acted as a catalyst to somehow turn something on because before 10 I didn't really have many intuitive experiences.
Actually in the moment in which the idea has life, when it's listened to read, engaged with, acted on stage, it gains another dimension, it becomes three dimensional.
I haven't acted in 10 years. I always talk about being an actor, and yet I've been focusing on making movies for a long time.
Down South, I have predominantly acted in typical candy-floss films, where I have played cheerful college-girl roles with songs and romantic scenes.
Hitler decided that Mussolini must be freed from the Italian Partisans because Benito was his friend and had acted in good faith.
I probably learned most at MIT by teaching and working with Peter Diamond, who acted like a big brother to me during my time in the department.
My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so.
At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I was very anti-authority.
The public interest may be presumed to be what men would choose if they saw clearly, thought rationally, acted disinterestedly and benevolently.
As a child, I use to act with my sisters at home, we created our own scenarios and acted them out, we had great fun doing that.
If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it.
Jess Ennis, Chrissie Ohuruogu, Vicky Pendleton and Laura Trott, to name a few, have acted as female role models in England.
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