Quotes About Advocacy

I know what my causes are. And I care about them, so I'd rather get out there and talk about them than just play it safe.

You have to try to build support around causes. It is uniting to campaign on a single issue, and it is never just a single issue; it's always more than that.

It's good for people to believe in causes larger than themselves.

I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.

I totally agree with equal rights and women's causes, and most of my songs are woman-power, but I don't want to be labelled at 20 years old.

Every day I am on this Earth, I will do all I can for so many important causes.

The way I see it, any attention I get, for whatever reason, just draws more eyes to the causes that I believe in.

I have a lot of people I think are important to me, a lot of different causes I like to talk about also.

I am the only 'celebrity' to be public about my lung cancer.

I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.

I want to use my celebrity for good.

Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship.

It is hard sometimes to always be at the centre of attention, but when you talk about me you also have to talk about the climate.

I support Kam Chancellor as a person.

I think there is a role for non-violent direct action when democratic channels have failed.

I always think it's really nice to see characters band together and fight for what they all believe in.

As an actor, you always want to root for your characters.

We can never, ever say it enough: every woman - especially every young woman-has to take charge of her health... and do what's right for her!

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a very savvy character. His drinking and carousing, his charisma and intelligence... the things he did in Congress. He passed for white, then became a black advocate.

I don't want to be an ambassador for too many charities, because it's a far stronger message to be a person with a disfigurement going about their life doing everyday things.

Anything I can do to raise awareness and money for charity, I like to do.

If there is even one woman out there who went and got checked and found that she had cancer or she was positive and she caught something in time, and if in any small way I was a part of that, it makes me very emotional.

The Scotsman' is a cheerleader for devolution.

I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers.