Quotes About Involvement

The advanced student of meditation takes an active part in supporting the work of their teacher. They happily work more hours or do whatever is necessary to help out more.

Workers must participate in progress to enjoy their work and take pride in its product.

We shouldn't leave the work of politics to people who run for public office.

At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work.

I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.

There is nothing beyond the reach of ordinary citizens doing the daily work of democracy, and no problem too great to tackle with the power of active citizenship.

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project.

The biggest mistakes, early on, involved foreign policy and involved the strategy for health care.

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.

As a Canadian, I feel like we all have a stake in the business here. And no matter how far you stray - and I've been down in L.A. for a long time - no matter how far you stray you have a stake in the state of the business... It really does matter and I'm always rooting for the entire country.

Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up.

If you love this game, you always want to be out there, not in the sideline dressed in the street clothes. Especially when you know you can help the team.

I don't think politics just happens in Parliament. It happens on the streets and in classrooms.

MPs are only elected thanks to the help of ordinary members - activists on the ground who traipse the streets, post leaflets and engage in millions of doorstep conversations, come rain or shine and without pay.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

We want councillors and MPs to be more closely involved in housing issues because this will help to strengthen local democracy and accountability.

They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America.

The thing that is most important is having people who are involved and engaged with the kids and also are not stressed and can be involved with them. And that's actually not boring and banal. That actually takes a lot of work to make that happen, and it's not something that our society does very well at all.

There's so much showmanship and gamesmanship involved in politics, it's really not a stretch to imagine an actor getting involved in being a figurehead for a political party. But for myself personally, I just don't think I could do that.

I'm not a gun person by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not something I feel comfortable participating in.

As I grew up, Dad was more involved in training than promoting. He brought the same style to his training that he did to being a father - strong and strict.

It's always been important to involve my family as I knew when I signed up to 'Strictly' that it can take over your life.

I joined the Communist Party when I was 18. When I was 10, there was the miners' strike, and the Cold War was going on; it was quite a potent time to get involved in politics. I got involved through my grandfather, who was a member.

I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.