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When nothing hampers action, the soul has fewer reasons for action. -- Romain Rolland
Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. -- Charles J. Givens
The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time. -- John Mackey
Summertime is my favorite time of year in Sandpoint, reason being, Lake Pend Oreille is warm and ready for action. -- Nate Holland
Story may not be a great addition to some games - games where action is the whole reason for the game to exist. -- Jane Jensen
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. -- Jawaharlal Nehru
One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice. -- Steven Seagal
A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect. -- Mike Pence
Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious. -- Javier Bardem
Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us. -- John Jay Chapman
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. -- Aristotle
I enjoy the TV series 'Dexter,' where there's a reason for every kill. Quentin Tarantino is a favourite, and a 'Kill Bill' action-packed movie would be up my street. I'd love to be India's first scream queen! -- Bipasha Basu
If nothing is to be done in the given situation, he must invent plausible reasons for doing nothing; and if something must be done, he must suggest the something. The unpardonable sin is to propose nothing, when action is imperative. -- Charles Edward Merriam
Oratory is the masterful art. Poetry, painting, music, sculpture, architecture please, thrill, inspire - but oratory rules. The orator dominates those who hear him, convinces their reason, controls their judgment, compels their action. For the time being, he is master. -- David Josiah Brewer
I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons of his getting elected. But as to whether he really believes his actions are going to hasten the day of the final conflict, I do not know. -- Huston Smith
Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it. -- John C. Maxwell
The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go. -- R. A. Salvatore
Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong. We look for the one action, or the one person, that created this mess. As soon as we find someone to blame, we act as if we've solved the problem. -- Margaret J. Wheatley
I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to understand was very important. When I was young, I was aware of the fact that much of the time, the reasons a person gave for his actions were not the actual reasons. -- Nathaniel Branden
Every major power always seeks to justify its action on moral grounds. Such behaviour is almost as old as the hills. The west has been a particularly vigorous exponent of this credo; and there is no reason to believe that China, for example, will be any different. But behind the moral rhetoric invariably lies interest and ideology. -- Martin Jacques
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.' -- Saint Basil
The idea that China and India will just abandon climate action is not true, because they're doing it for more reasons than we are. -- Bill McKibben
I'm sorry,' he says simply. 'People make mistakes, Gemma. We take the wrong action for the right reasons, and the right action for the wrong reasons. -- Libba Bray

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