I think most people act in their self-interest.
Aubrey McClendon
PeopleThinkSelf-InterestActMost
I told my father I wanted to act, and he stared renting all these classic films for me to watch.
Emory Cohen
FatherMeClassicActWatchHe
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act indemnifies Internet Service Providers (ISP) such as Harvard from copyright abuses committed over their computer networks.
Parker Conrad
ServiceInternetDigitalOverAct
I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary.
Julia Roberts
MePerformanceClothesActOff
I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
Morris Chestnut
GoodMeActorSeePointAct
Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.
Marcus Aurelius
LifeActLastExecuteThoughEvery
Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on.
Michael Behe
AnythingSystemActComplexNatural
I definitely want to act, but I also want to score movies, and I have this idea to fuse classical music with other styles that would give it a different perception.
Alicia Keys
MusicPerceptionWantMoviesAct
To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible; to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.
Emil Cioran
FutureFeelYouAnchorActAlmost
One must act in painting as in life, directly.
Pablo Picasso
LifePaintingActMustDirectly
Yes, it was difficult - making 'The Act of Killing' in particular was a very lonely process. No one really believed in it until very close to the end. But it was also a sanctuary. I was working in obscurity.
Joshua Oppenheimer
ProcessEndLonelyDifficultAct
I bemoaned the pending loss of Obamacare/the Affordable Care Act.
Marti Noxon
CareLossActAffordable
I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.
Lech Walesa
WillTalkActPrudenceKnees
Agents are deal makers, and they're really, really good at making deals. But they're also exceptionally helpful after the deal is made - agents act as a good intermediary between authors and publishers whenever disagreements come up.
John Romaniello
GoodUpHelpfulActDealCome
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
Alfred North Whitehead
IntelligenceAbilityActCapacity
I'm a normal kid, really. I just love to act.
Elle Fanning
LoveKidNormalActJustReally
When we are confronted with extreme situations, we forget about moral issues; we simply act and must then accept the consequences.
Park Chan-wook
ConsequencesMoralForgetAcceptAct
I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.
Jason Fuchs
ActingKnowYoungMoreActIndustry
The law does not require a man to cease to be a man, and act without regard to consequences, when he becomes a juror.
Lysander Spooner
ManLawConsequencesWithoutActHe
Richard Nixon, famously, conducted his foreign policy according to the 'madman theory': he tried to convince enemy leaders that he was irrational and volatile in an attempt to intimidate them. But this was a potentially useful approach to foreign policy only because it was an act.
Lawrence M. Krauss
EnemyPolicyTheoryActConvince
There is always a gap between what candidates say in the heat of the campaign, when they are not constrained by the realities of governance, and how they act after being sworn into office.
Anand Giridharadas
SayHeatOfficeAlwaysActBeing
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James
MotivationalYouDifferenceActDoes
Ego suppression can be an act of ostentation.
David Milch
EgoActSuppressionOstentation
I didn't act in Israel, but I wrote plays at home and acted in plays at school. I tried to get an agent when I was 12, but they told me that I had too much of an accent.
Odeya Rush
HomeSchoolMeToo MuchActIsrael
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