act:

Or: the act . In the beginning their was the act (of)... the sex-act . A Shakespearean term, still in use today, for sexual-intercourse . See copulation for synonyms.
See also: act-of-darkness ; act-of-generation ; act-of-kind ; act-of-love ; act-of-shame ; act-of-sport .

Quotes: William Shakespeare:

(1) King-Lear : ' A serving man ... served the lust of my mistress's heart , and did the act-of-darkness with her .'

(2) Othello : ' When the blood is made dull with the act-of-sport , there should be-again to inflame it , and to give satiety a fresh appetite-loveliness in favour .'

(3) Othello : ' Iago knows / That she with Casato hath the act-of-shame / A thousand times committed .'

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Quotes Containing act:
Rap singer Schoolly D : ''You can act like a doggy, and play with my bone .''
Kate Flax (Christina Ricci) to her older sister Charlotte (Winona Ryder) in Mermaids (1990): ''Act your age , not your shoe size!''''
Tim and Beverly Lehaye. The Act of Marriage (1975): ''Masturbation is the thief of love .''
Tim and Beverly Lehaye. The Act of Marriage (1975): ''Masturbation is the thief of love .''
Bill (Emilio Estevez) to Chris (Richard Dreyfuss) in Stakeout (1987): ''I would appreciate that you not act like a walking-hard-on when we work together.''
Annette (Reese Witherspoon) in Cruel Intentions (1999): ''People shouldn''t experience the act-of-love until they are in-love .''
Lucy Trager (Gwyneth Paltrow) and her older sister Rebecca Trager Lott (Elizabeth Perkins) in Moonlight and Valentino (1995): - Lucy: 'I need your advice on moaning.' - Rebecca: 'Moaning?' - Lucy: 'Yeah. Now, is it better to moan or to act like you're stifling the moan, or just not to moan at all?' - Rebecca: 'Just be natural. Don't act , just be yourself.' - Lucy: 'Becky, we're not on a talk show, you know , you can tell me for real.' - Rebecca: 'Well, it's been a long time, but in my experience the best thing is to breathe very deeply at first . That way you bring him inside you first through his smell and then through the rhythm of your own breath until those places inside you start to tighten and to tingle until you hit the change. The change is where things really start happening on their own.' - Lucy: 'Hmm, and that's why I do the moaning.' - Rebecca: 'No, that's where you let-go .' - Lucy: 'Let go of what? You're being too vague. Start from the beginning and don't use phrases like 'places inside' and 'hitting the change'. What is that? Be specific, okay? When do I moan? I mean, how long should I do that breathing thing? Should I open my eyes?'
Lucy Trager (Gwyneth Paltrow) and her older sister Rebecca Trager Lott (Elizabeth Perkins) in Moonlight and Valentino (1995): - Lucy: ''I need your advice on moaning.'' - Rebecca: ''Moaning?'' - Lucy: ''Yeah. Now, is it better to moan or to act like you''re stifling the moan, or just not to moan at all?'' - Rebecca: ''Just be natural. Don''t act , just be yourself.'' - Lucy: ''Becky, we''re not on a talk show, you know , you can tell me for real.'' - Rebecca: ''Well, it''s been a long time, but in my experience the best thing is to breathe very deeply at first . That way you bring him inside you first through his smell and then through the rhythm of your own breath until those places inside you start to tighten and to tingle until you hit the change. The change is where things really start happening on their own.'' - Lucy: ''Hmm, and that''s why I do the moaning.'' - Rebecca: ''No, that''s where you let-go .'' - Lucy: ''Let go of what? You''re being too vague. Start from the beginning and don''t use phrases like ''places inside'' and ''hitting the change''. What is that? Be specific, okay? When do I moan? I mean, how long should I do that breathing thing? Should I open my eyes?''
Dr. Prokosch (Oscar Homolka) to his student Cathy (Kim Novak) who proposes to be the live-in girlfriend of three married men for her sociology thesis in Boys' Night Out (1962): - Prokosh: 'Can you look like yes and act like no? Can you entice them, lure them, then pospone, evade, delay? It needs a special kind of experience and skill. This a nice girl has not learned.' - Cathy: 'No. This is what a nice girl has learned best.'
Adam Cook (Oscar Levant) to Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) in An American in Paris (1951): 'You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.'
Adam Cook (Oscar Levant) to Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) in An American in Paris (1951): ''You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.''
Adam Cook (Oscar Levant) to Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) in An American in Paris (1951): 'You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.'
Dr. R. Kellog (Anthony Hopkins) in Road to Wellville (1994): ''Sex is the sewer drain of a healthy body, Sir. Any use of the sexual-act other than procreation is a waste of vital energy. Wasted seeds are wasted lives.''
'You know , you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything. You don't have to do anything. Not a thing . Oh! maybe just whistle . You know how to whistle , don't you Steve? You just put your lips together and blow .' Marie Browning/Slim (Lauren Bacall) to Harry Morgan/Steve (Humphrey Bogart) in To Have and Have Not (1944). This phrase is usually remembered as: If you want me, just whistle .

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