#acts

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action. ↗

— Confucius

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In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.' ↗

— J. C. Watts

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I'm used to being cut out of the conference meetings, but now they are cutting us out even before the bill's are written or either the House or Senate Acts. ↗

— John Conyers

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I would like that to be known; these facts are in the summary which I think is a very good one. ↗

— John Sherman Cooper

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The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that the agencies did not disclose certain facts to us and that certain plots were going on. ↗

— John Sherman Cooper

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The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known. ↗

— John Sherman Cooper

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A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the result of sudden impulse and accident than of that reason of which we so much boast. ↗

— Peter Cooper

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Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. ↗

— Norman Cousins

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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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A lot of show business, as you know, is about all the contacts you make and who you know. ↗

— Denise Crosby

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