Peck's good looks, grace and measured speech contributed to his screen image as the decent, courageous
man of action. From his film debut in 1944 with Days of Glory, he was an immediate star.
Most of the sections are set in World War II and follow the adventures of two men: mathematical prodigy and Army officer Lawrence Waterhouse and his near-antithesis,
man of action and Marine sergeant Bobby Shaftoe.
No wonder so many follow the path of this saint who was a mystic and a
man of action.
"If the
man of action is without conscience, he is also without knowledge: he forgets most things in order to do one, he is unjust to what is behind him and only recognizes one law--the law of that which is to be."
Discovered in the 19th century, Pasek's Pamietniki (1836; "Memoirs") is a lively, humorous work that gives a vivid description of the life of an independent, resourceful
man of action. In it he relates tales of the 17th-century bloody Polish wars against Sweden and Muscovy, the catastrophic last years of the reign of King John II Casimir Vasa (1648-68), and the incompetent rule of King Michael Wisniowiecki (1669-73), and he concludes his narrative with the splendid reign of King John III Sobieski (1674-96).
The film essentially pits a
man of action (Dana Andrews) against a man of words (Webb), and from my then- adolescent point of view, the words were winning right up until the wordsmith became full-stop punctuation for a shotgun blast.
Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that one who has been relentlessly successful in both the private and public sectors may be more a
man of action than reflection.
MAN OF ACTION New leader Bolton at conference yesterday
He was also fifth in the Royal Hunt Cup and ended the season with a solid second over course and distance to
Man Of Action.
THE campaign to make over Mike Whitby (pictured) as a
man of action gathered pace this week.
DAVID Cameron's announcement of PS12billion future spending on defence is designed to cast him as a
man of action as he battles to convince the public and MPs to grant his wish to bomb Syria.
Godolphin are 'in it' for the first time today, and I expect them to win the Lincoln Handicap with
MAN OF ACTION (3.15).
Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor is represented by
Man Of Action (20) ridden now by Robert Havlin, and Start Right (18) the mount of Dane O'Neill.