Quotes About Advocacy

I work with a group called Compassion & Choices in California. It's attempting to get death with dignity legalised in California, the idea being that so goes California, so goes the rest of the U.S., at least.

I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone or some group thought I was different or below them... so, I'm coming out of the closet as an ally of equality for everyone; as an ally to hope.

Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.

If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.

I think we need to keep our faces out there and to keep our game out there and keep it growing.

For us, the conversation is always about getting paid what we feel like we're worth and getting paid as the sport grows and as we help grow the sport.

Madonna is a feminist and has been doing more for the cause than all the grumpy feminists, who are giving nothing back by being grumpy.

One thing I think constantly is if brands like Gucci can make plus-size menswear, then why can't we see it for women?

We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don't have enough to help the children.

Chefs don't have a union. We don't have a Screen Actor's Guild.

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

Even as a child, I felt very guilty about eating animals and never knew that there was something to do about it. And as I got older, it became clearer that there are things that I can do and choices I can make.

I think there's an incredible amount of people who know not only what we're feeling but know people who have lost their lives to gun violence.

I made 'Bowling for Columbine' in the hope the school shootings would stop and that we would address the issue of how easy it is to get a gun in the United States, and tragically, those school shootings continue.

Gun violence is a problem that this country should be addressing.

The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning.

Young people across the country have grown up traumatized by the gun violence epidemic.

We need sensible gun safety measures. The federal government could do something about this; they could show up.

Personally, I would love to see every gun on the planet disappear.

I take gun rights very personally.

We need to vote people out of office that are perpetuating issues affecting young people, like gun violence.

Ending gun violence isn't political. This is personal.

We have to continue to do the work, because we can't see people lose their lives over senseless gun violence.

It's the sad truth that gun violence can often be prevented.