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It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something. Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn, 1869
Haven’t you all something to do? The Sopranos s4e3: Christopher, Tony to gang, HBO 2002
Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you. Jean-Paul Sartre
Energy is the ability to do something – to do work. So if you have energy you can do stuff. Professor Jim Al-Khalili
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done. Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Do what you like. Francois Rabelais, Gargantua, 1534
What else is there to do? Violent Playground 1958 starring Stanley Baker & Peter Cushing & Anne Haywood & David McCallum & John Slater & Clifford Evans & Moultrie Kelsall & George A Cooper & Michael Chow & Freddie Starr & Sheila Raynor et al, director Basil Dearden, Johnny to rozzer
What’ll we do? Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot starring Stephen Brennan & Barry McGovern & Johnny Murphy & Sam McGovern et al, director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Estragon, 2001
Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die. Alfred Lord Tennyson
So many worlds, so much to do,
So little done, such things to be. Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. Albert Einstein, attributions & variations
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Pike, variations
The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do. Abbie Hoffman
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. George Bernard Shaw
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. George Bernard Shaw
He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
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Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle, attributed
One must learn by doing the thing. For though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. Aristotle
I really will. I’ll do something. I really will in a minute. I really will. Alan Ayckbourn, Season’s Greetings starring Michael Cashman & Barbara Flynn & Nicky Henson & Anna Massey & Geoffrey Palmer & Peter Vaughan et al, director Michael A Simpson, Eddie to Pattie, BBC 1986
When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything. Stephen Richards
But what can you do? Vincent van Gogh, last words of unfinished letter
Tell me anything that’s ever done at all. Leonardo da Vinci, notebooks
I’ve done bad things. Horrible things. Boardwalk Empire s2e12: To the Lost, HBO 2011
I’ve done things. Bad things. In the past. Really bad things. The Fall I starring Gillian Anderson & Jamie Dornan & Laura Donnelly & Ben Peel et al, BBC 2013
Haven’t you all something to do? The Sopranos s4e3: Christopher starring James Gandolfini & Lorriane Bracco & Edie Falco & Michael Imperioli & Dominic Chianese & Steven van Zandt & Tony Sirico & Robert Iler et al, Tony to gang
This is a world where everybody’s got to do something. Barfly 1987 starring Mickey Rourke & Faye Dunaway & Alice Krige & J C Quinn & Frank Stallone & Jack Nance & Sandy Martin et al, director Barbet Schroeder, Henry
Whatever it is they’re asking you to do, please don’t do it. Bonded by Blood 2010 starring Tamer Hassan & Robert Fucilla & Vincent Regan & Terry Stone & Adam Deacon & Neil Maskell & Dave Legano & Johnny Palmiero & Duncan Meadows et al, director Sacha Bennett, Mrs Craig to Craig
Always do the right thing. Do the Right Thing 1989 starring Spike Lee & Ossie Davis & Danny Aiello & Ruby Dee & Steve Park & Bill Nunn & Richard Edson & Giancarlo Esposito & John Turturro & Samuel L Jackson & Rosie Perezet al, director Spike Lee, da Mayor