"I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action."

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"I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action."

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"Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it."

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"Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom."

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"Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater."

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"And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others."

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"One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is happening right now as we are speaking."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

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"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

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"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

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"Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics."

Jane Addams, American Activist

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"The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action."

Felix Adler, German Educator

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"I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely."

Andre Agassi, American Athlete

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"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

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