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Our internal life and external actions are steered by biological coctails to which we have neither immediate access nor direct acquaintance.
A person who cannot imagine the future is a person who cannot contemplate the results of his actions. Some are thus paralyzed into inaction.
Let your attacker worry about his life. Don't hold back. Strike no more after he is incapable of further action, but see that he is stopped.
A military mindset is objectively analyzing a planned course of action and anticipating the likely consequences before you take that action.
Dreams grow holy put in action; work grows fair through starry dreaming, But where each flows on unmingling, both are fruitless and in vain.
Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever.
It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.
[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that.
There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them.
The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
With 'The Expendables,' you have such a brilliant mess of the greatest action stars of all time, so you're in for the ride with those people.
Take a moment to gather your thoughts about your situation and ask, "What would Love do?" Then channel that energy in your words and actions.
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Damn inflation, full speed ahead,' Greenspan has said in both action and word. I think an investor should believe him and invest accordingly.
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more important than actions.
When the basis for your actions is inner alignment with the present moment, your actions become empowered by the intelligence of life itself.
Action movies live and die by the story that you're trying to tell. It's hard. It's very difficult to do an action movie that stays engaging.
A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.
I became interested in genocide, because it happened so many times. It happened to the Armenians and after the Armenians, Hitler took action.
We can't sit around waiting for big government, big business, big religion etc. to save us. We need to get informed and take inspired action.
And presently I was driving through the drizzle of the dying day, with the windshield wipers in full action but unable to cope with my tears.
We eventually learn that emotional closure is our own action. We can be responsible for it. In any moment, we can choose to open or to close.
I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions.
Turn wishful thinking into positive action. Those who take a proactive stance in their lives tend to have an ample supply of joy and pleasure
It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were.
How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action.
Learning to inhibit unwanted contractions of muscles that function without, or in spite of, our will, is the main task in coordinated action.
The ability to see our lives as stories rather than unrelated, random events increases the possibility for significant and purposeful action.
I hate politicking. I'm not the type of dude to like get around 13 guys and talk about who's next. I can't stand that. I like to take action.
On God for all events depend; You cannot want when God's your friend. Weigh well your part and do your best; Leave to your Maker all the rest.
Being busy and being productive are not necessarily the same. Many people keep busy to avoid taking action on things they're afraid to pursue.
I love things where I can be physical and I so love high stakes, and you usually don't get that unless you're doing a play or an action movie.
I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.
The point is the doing of them rather than the accomplishments . There is no actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience.
Analysis helps patients put their unconscious procedural memories and actions into words and into context, so they can better understand them.
Thought determines action. Do not let your whole life be a reaction to the things that happen around you each day. Let your life be an action.
History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.
Not that I am ashamed of my mind or body, my birth or breeding, my actions or fortunes, for my bashfulness is in my nature, not for any crime.
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.
The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.
When it comes to the military, I don't want to discuss things. I want to let - I want to let the action take place before the talk takes place
I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action.
I am very suspicious of the notion that somehow bin Laden was a media creation... Bin Laden's actions made him into a big deal. Not the media.
If our history has taught us anything, it is that action for change directed against the external conditions of our oppressions is not enough.
Music has a very powerful and wonderful influence in establishing feelings and moods that can lift and elevate your thoughts and your actions.
From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker.