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Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

~Andrew Carnegie

Topics: Act Because Born Day Ever Every Performed Since Something Wanted Were You

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The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.

~Andrew Cuomo

Topics: Act Declaration Failed Fails Government Indeed Independence New New York Obligation People Replace Right Says State State Government Well York

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In general, we like to play as a band - guitar, piano, and voice. We also tour with a bass player, a drummer, and somebody who plays keyboard and guitar. We try to play all of our parts and flesh it out to get a lush sound, while also keeping the energy of a three-piece punk act. We want to be the best of all possible worlds.

~Andrew Dost

Topics: Act Also Band Bass Bass Player Best Drummer Energy Flesh General Get Guitar Keeping Keyboard Like Lush Our Out Parts Piano Play Player Plays Possible Punk Somebody Sound Tour Try Voice Want While Who Worlds

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I was raised with the idea that the arts were a doss - but the arts are vital. If you see Mark Rylance perform Shakespeare at the Globe, you know it's a spiritual act.

~Andrew Garfield

Topics: Act Arts Globe Idea Know Mark Perform Raised See Shakespeare Spiritual Vital Were You I Was Raised

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I have spent too long with too many people who have lost loved ones to healthcare-associated infections not to be determined to act on this. There is no tolerable level of preventable infections. The only acceptable strategy is a zero-tolerance strategy.

~Andrew Lansley

Topics: Acceptable Act Determined Level Long Lost Loved Loved Ones Many Only People Spent Strategy Tolerable Too Too Many People Who

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Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world that wasn't quite there before.

~Andrew O'Hagan

Topics: About Act Also Appetites Before Depths Flood Get Much Novel Plumbing Put Quite Self-Discovery Serious Something Them While Whole World Writing You

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Congress passed the deeply flawed Patriot Act and authorized the invasion of Iraq. It even gave its retroactive approval to warrantless wiretapping.

~Andrew Rosenthal

Topics: Act Approval Authorized Congress Deeply Even Flawed Gave Invasion Iraq Passed Patriot Patriot Act

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Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt ceiling, most likely at the 11th hour, the less pressure there will be on lawmakers to reach an agreement. That will make it more likely a deal isn't reached.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Act Agreement Ceiling Convinced Deal Debt Debt Ceiling Here Hour Lawmakers Less Likely Make More Most Pressure Psychology Raise Rationally Reach Reached Street Wall Wall Street Washington Will

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Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a company is not allowed to provide a personal benefit to a decision maker in return for business. But hiring the sons and daughters of powerful executives and politicians is hardly just the province of banks doing business in China: it has been a time-tested practice here in the United States.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Act Allowed Banks Been Benefit Business China Company Corrupt Daughters Decision Doing Executives Foreign Hardly Here Hiring Just Maker Personal Politicians Powerful Practice Practices Provide Province Return Sons States United United States

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One of Obama's first major acts as president was to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and some of the money in that bill went to Saft.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Act Acts American Bill First Major Money Obama President Recovery Sign Some

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