Quotes About Involvement

The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be the outcome. This is an effort designed to involve the campus community in a discovery of the meaning of our past.

There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

Part of our pedagogy is, you report on what's going on in your neighborhood and your city.

When I say I don't get involved in politics, I merely mean that I don't talk to reporters about it.

And one of the things I've tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians - reporters and members of the general public alike - a closer look at how their government works.

I will say this: One thing I did see in my reporting again and again is that the Obamas themselves are much more involved in handling stories than is usually known.

When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.

When I was in school, I would participate in almost every possible competition. I also went on to represent my school and college.

If a thing is going to represent you, your vision, you should be involved in every aspect of that thing. I like my role as executive producer on anything probably as much as performer.

In order to represent the state, you've got to be in the state.

In a democracy, there should be representation from every field.

I should be a representative for AARP!

Every news organization should ideally be as broadly representative as possible.

The bigger fan base you have, the more companies will be attracted to you. And having a following, you can be so much more involved being a representative with the brand you're working with.

We do not use managers, we are the representatives of our athletes, and that is why I am deeply involved in athletics, I follow our athletes careers from start to finish, 100% all the way.

We have to have a school board that's actually gonna be able to function and that has true parent representatives on it.

The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.

To get involved with a cause, you really have to become aware of it. You have to go on the ground and see with your own eyes, the people who have been affected by it, their process in how they're combating it, and what the organization represents.

Living in a republic demands a great deal of us.

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.

If we don't like what the Republicans do, we need to get in there and change it.

The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.

We're doing exactly what the Republicans don't want: getting more people involved in our democracy. Giving more Americans a voice in their future.