Acting Badly Quotes

• There are so many famous people now that are not really gifted or talented at doing anything other than getting made up, putting on tight dresses, acting badly, getting married. I mean, what the hell? I don't know where we are going with this here in America. And we are setting a tone for the world, because everyone looks at what we do.

  Debbie Allen

  Mean, America, People

  "Legendary Dance Icon Debbie Allen and Vivian Nixon, Her Daughter". Interview to Chelsea Logan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body in any given moment.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Differences, Mind

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.181, Simon and Schuster

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• In his apology, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was sorry to the women that he groped, and he admitted that he had acted badly. Not only that, Arnold then apologized for acting badly in all of his movies.

  Conan O'Brien

  Sorry, Apology, Acting

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• Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can stop (or prevent, "empâecher", Fr.) men from acting badly; the natural sense of commiseration (or "sympathy", - "commisération", Fr.) for one's fellow men - compassion, and the influence of education, by association of ideas ("par l'association d'idées", Fr.) - habit.

  African Spir

  Selfish, Compassion, Men

  "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 57), 1937.

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• I do not believe in public shaming. I do believe that young adults go to college to learn things, and that this process will almost inevitably result in their making mistakes and misjudgments and otherwise acting badly.

  Gene Weingarten

  Mistake, Believe, College

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Personally I don't believe in bad people. I think there's always a reason for people acting badly.

  Bill Skarsgard

  Believe, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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