"Acting" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Miss Bracely will not see our tableaux," she said. "But as she was not acting in them I do not know that it ...
— Queen Lucia • E. F. Benson
... these compliments, both national and personal, in a very gracious manner, squeezing the hand of the podesta with suitable cordiality and condescension, acting the great man as if accustomed to this sort of incense from infancy. As became his public situation, as well as his character, he proposed paying his duty immediately to the ...
— The Wing-and-Wing - Le Feu-Follet • J. Fenimore Cooper
... hither shall he come, and that very night Shall Romeo beare thee hence to Mantua. And this shall free thee from this present shame, If no inconstant toy nor womanish feare, Abate thy valour in the acting it ...
— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare
... package that will not undercut our bipartisan budget agreement. As a matter of fact, if adopted, it will improve our deficit reduction goals. And what an example we can set, that we're serious about getting our financial accounts in order. By acting and approving this plan, you have the opportunity to override a congressional process that is out ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... cried, carried away and more and more mortified in his amour-propre. "You're young, and know nothing of our aims, and that's why you're mistaken. You see, my dear Pyotr Stepanovitch, you call us officials of the government, don't you? Independent officials, don't you? But let me ask you, how are we acting? Ours is the responsibility, but in the long run we serve the cause of progress just as you do. We only hold together what you are unsettling, and what, but for us, would go to pieces in all directions. We are not your enemies, not a bit of it. We say to you, go forward, progress, you may even ...
— The Possessed - or, The Devils • Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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