Quotes About Involvement

I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.

I have been following the attempt to initiate or revamp federal involvement in the health of Americans since it was a major topic for my high school debating team in 1947.

Past conference topics have included strengthening the role of fathers in children's lives, the impact of the media culture on children, the delicate balance between work and family, and family involvement in education.

I've been amazed by the numbers that have come out to see the torch relay, so being a part of it is lovely.

The Tories will do everything they can to squash anything threatening to them and I think the involvement of young people in politics is threatening to them and we just don't really care.

People in Scotland want the parliament but don't give a toss about the elections.

There is no better test of character than when you're tossed into crisis. That's when we see one's true colors shine through. So I try my best to make my characters personally involved in the plot, in a way that stresses them and tests them.

The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.

That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think, total involvement and identity and empathy, stopping short of being autobiographical - in my case, anyway - but also quite detached.

As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.

War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

The boy whose father takes him swimming, the girl whose mother takes her to the theater, children whose parents do things with them - these are not skateboarders.

Secondo alcuni ci si trova di fronte a un "dilemma democratico" che si può enunciare in questo modo: più una entità/unità politica è piccola e dunque direttamente controllabile dai suoi cittadini, più sono ridotti i suoi ambiti di sovranità. [...] D'altra parte, più l'entità territoriale è estesa più si indeboliscono le opportunità di partecipazione dei cittadini.

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Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next.

Bonnenburger stopped listening, and went back to his book.

I've always been a guy who wants to play sports, not watch them.

Political involvement is reduced to minimal, anodyne terms: "People everywhere want to say what they think; choose who will govern them; worship as they please; educate their children—male and female; own property; and enjoy the benefits of their labor.

How do you get rational, well-respected people involved in your insanity? I mean is it something you taught yourself to do or is it part of your sociopathic nature?

I generally don't involve myself in giving the actors some tips on acting. At the same time, I don't do that with the director.

A democracy depends upon people getting brighter all the time. Democracies are delicate. They're not just ipso facto and just go on and on.

You have to put your body on the line from time to time in order to make a statement or change a law.

There's real evidence that getting involved in charitable activity (and it's probably better to give your time and effort, rather than money) makes people happier.