Quotes About Participation

I would have loved to have been in The Stand. I would also loved to have been in The Mask.

Every single position has a massive part to play on a team.

I believe my role as mayor is to be out in the community and as much as possible, I want my team out in the community.

I take things in better when I'm allowed to talk, and respond, and engage and move around a bit.

People really respond when given an opportunity to take part in something.

The government has returned to the hands of the people.

The Latin root of the word 'politics' means 'of the people.' Politics is about something bigger than electoral politics; in that sense, I feel like I'm already involved.

Sometimes you want to ease into the situation and maybe sit in the back row for a while and allow time to get adjusted and then speak up.

You can't score runs if you're sitting in the dressing room.

If you can't move and talk to people that you see, it's not really my scene.

My two boys have each done a play. They've done school plays as well, but one of them did a local production of 'Waiting For Godot,' and he played the boy.

I never wanted to act. I never participated in school plays.

What we want is more learning in schools and less activism in schools.

I want to see more sports in schools.

I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

It's much more fun to be involved, much more fun to be under the scrutiny, much more fun to be second-guessed than to not.

We just can't stay in a safe Republican seat and sit back and watch while this country goes down the wrong path.

I want an audience that will come sitting forward in their seats.

We, as citizens, are the true owners of government.

Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.

I've worked on shows where it's fun; you want to hang out. If you're enjoying it, that's how you take ownership of it. You want to give to be a part of this thing. I feel that's the mood on the set of 'Detroiters.'

A civically engaged citizenry feeds oxygen to our democracy.

I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing.

If I'm at a party, and there are lots of people running around, you'll most likely find me on the floor, painting... I want to be at the party, but I want to do something. I'm just not very idle at all.