The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
I think writing is an act of remembrance, I think that Instagram is an act of remembrance, and I think curating a show is an act of memory, too.
War is America's central liturgical act necessary to renew our sense that we are a nation unlike other nations.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it.
A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a way, on their behalf.
Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.
Half my life is an act of revision.
I got to act with my childhood film idol, Robert Redford, and that's a gift in itself.
Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.
Telling the truth - telling thoughtful truths - should not be a revolutionary act. Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are.
The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.
401k savings accounts have become so important in the landscape of retirement planning that their security and expansion became a top priority in formulating and implementing the Pension Protection Act of 2006 that was enacted during my tenure as the U.S. Secretary of Labor.
My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit.
Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.
Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.
Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act.
To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful.
