In addition to demanding answers and accountability from the Veterans Administration, Congress had to act to ensure veterans do not suffer because of the actions of a federal agency.
The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.
A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union.
He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.
I've have a number of violent tics. With Tourette syndrome, there's not just compulsive actions, but compulsive thoughts as well. That used to scare my mother a lot.
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.
When you take action-think. When you fail-think. When you are in doubt-think. When you have lost your way-think. You are nothing but your thoughts.
Happiness is there when you have great imagination and vision, when you take relentless action and love your creation.
You can't make every wrong decision right but you can stop deciding to take another wrong action.
As you can probably tell, I like films and directors that bring a totally unique style to filming action.
What a director really does is set the emotional temperature and the mood and the level, amount, or lack of, distance between the action and the character, and the character and the audience.
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.
We know that Medicare is set to go bankrupt in 2024 with no action, and social security is set to be insolvent by 2037.
There is a universal truth that all successful people know: Nothing is ever done until you take action.
There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
I still fall asleep with the TV on, because I'm used to falling asleep with people yelling 'Action!' and 'Cut!'
'The Authority,' by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, really pioneered the widescreen, action-packed style of storytelling.
