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Dean had just come from seeing his lawyer. That was the first time that I found out that he had consulted a lawyer. He wanted to tell me what he thought was going on, but he was writing it down as if my house was bugged. He acted like everything was bugged. Fred F. Fielding Acted 109
Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Acted 87
I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact. Samuel L. Jackson Acted 84
I had a really normal childhood except I acted. It was like, my brother played soccer, and I was on television sometimes. Shiri Appleby Acted 77
For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page. Guillermo Cabrera Infante Acted 76
The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine. Angela Bassett Acted 74
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. Arthur H. Compton Acted 68
You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and rob a bank. I acted out of personal desperation. Aldrich Ames Acted 68
I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools. John Engler Acted 62
I did quite a lot of the arranging, fitting different sections together, tempo changes, all sorts of things like that. I actually acted as a bridge between Robert and Ian. Not so much composing, rather presenting musical ideas at each rehearsal. Michael Giles Acted 57
I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in. Morgan Freeman Acted 57
Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so. Pete du Pont Acted 55
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists. Vivienne Westwood Acted 55
I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main actor of the senior high school. Richard Foreman Acted 54
Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country. Chief Joseph Acted 53
It is unfair to suppose that one party has invariably acted rightly, and that the other is responsible for every wrong that has been committed. Nelson A. Miles Acted 52
The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather. Victoria Gotti Acted 49
The Almighty gave us our lives, and I suppose He meant us to defend them, at least I have always acted on that, and I hope it will not be brought up against me when my clock strikes. H. Rider Haggard Acted 46
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. Thomas Jefferson Acted 45
I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. Mickey Rourke Acted 44
The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes. Stanley Kubrick Acted 42
Warren Beatty has always acted like a Movie Star even when no one knew who he was. Dwayne Hickman Acted 40
Had the United States not acted in Iraq, Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi would likely not have declared his weapons programs, submitted to international inspections and voluntarily dismantled its programs. Jim Gerlach Acted 37
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue. Erich Fromm Acted 36
I acted my heart out. F. Murray Abraham Acted 35
I acted three times with Fred MacMurray, three times with Martin and Lewis, four times with Rock Hudson. Three times with Glenn Ford. Dorothy Malone Acted 33
For if enough people were really convinced that growth should be halted, and if they acted on that conviction, then billions of others might be deprived of any realistic hope of gaining the opportunities now enjoyed by the more fortunate. Herman Kahn Acted 33
Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. Laurence Olivier Acted 25
I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted. A. J. Foyt Acted 24

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