If they don't think, people act senselessly.
I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act.
For you not to look scandalous, act educated.
A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.
My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'
It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.
I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.
Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.
My plan B, if acting doesn't work out, is to work with disabled children.
Acting is perception, and as long as I'm honest with myself in my work, someone will appreciate it.
It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
As we mature and develop awareness to match our potential, our ability to enjoy full health is realized. As we enjoy this fruit, we sow the seeds of greatness in our children.
It becomes easy," Finbar said. "It's in the training; the ability to see your enemy as something other than a real man. He is a lesser breed, defined by his beliefs - you learn to do with him what you will, and bend him to your purpose.
Reading a book is like having the ability to dip a straw into the author’s soul and sip and slurp without lowering the water table of wisdom.
I am aware that it can be easily missed, but once you have the ability to uncover and clarify real needs – the things that really matter - you can discuss in detail how you meet each and every one
I already knew that I had the ability to free myself from hatred, and I viewed this as my most significant conquest.
Good writing, and this is especially important in a subject such as economics, must also involve the reader in the matter at hand. It is not enough to explain. The images that are in the mind of the writer must be made to reappear in the mind of the ...
No matter how busy we may believe we are, we have the wonderful opportunity presently of investing time with loved ones. For those are the great investments we will be glad we made, when time begins to slow and the ability to tend turns tender.
That is what you love a friend for: the ability to change your angle of vision, bring back your best self when you feel worst. And speak the truth -- but without malice. Loving candour is the secret of friendship.
Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks... then add in the usual physical abilities dhampirs get. It's really not even fair to everyone else.
Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
