act for

Synonyms

represent replace substitute sub supplant factoring supersede personify understudy deputize stand for subserve subrogate speak for dichotomized
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Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. Katherine Mansfield

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free. Cesar Chavez

Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself - and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty. Chief Joseph

If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all? Elbert Hubbard

The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years. Peter DeFazio

Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster. William Randolph Hearst

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act firmly act foolishly act foolishly in public act for political gain act friendly to act green