#actions

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

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Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it. ↗

— Kate Mara

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There can be no argument about the Lone Star State's significant contributions to American history, and we must remember the actions and the sacrifices of those who made Texas independence a reality. ↗

— Michael McCaul

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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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This is a tricky domain because, unlike simple arithmetic, to solve a calculus problem - and in particular to perform integration - you have to be smart about which integration technique should be used: integration by partial fractions, integration by parts, and so on. ↗

— Marvin Minsky

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For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

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All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects. ↗

— George Edward Moore

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