Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of that spiritual process was and is to give away wealth, to discard wealth in order not to gain...
I voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, not because I thought it was the best we could do, but because I thought it was a whole lot better than the current system.
Disney acting is a little more difficult than many people think it is. People feel like the characters aren't deep, but as an actor, you try to do everything you can do the best of your ability.
What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes.
In today's world simple kindness is a revolutionary act.
The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on. Acting with him is like a beautiful dance.
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.
I believed early and still believe that everybody who can act can do it already, just they don't know how and don't want to talk about it.
The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.
I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer!
I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.
To the extent that in one's act of faith one participates in the truth through reason and heart, faith already implies a particular level of knowledge and of certainty.
I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place called Oldham Theatre Workshop in my hometown.
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
No one is more keen than me to see the Hunting Act repealed, because I believe in the management of wildlife.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.
One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
