Quotes About Participation

The true answer is I like being involved in a project where I can contribute on both sides of the camera. The more immersed I can be, the better.

If you look at all the companies I've been involved with - Flickr, Etsy, Findery - communities are a significant part of them. Connecting people to each other, user-generated content, building interactions. That's what I've cared about most.

Nothing else is as fulfilling as playing a part in which you are able to have a significant say in the creative process all the way through. How many actors get to do that? It's extremely rare.

Since signing up to Think Act Report, the majority of members are taking more action and publishing more information on gender equality.

Non-violent protests are signs of a healthy democracy, not an ailing one.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

To be silent is to be passive.

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.

Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.

Better to be in the arena getting stomped by the bulls, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

I was part of that too, and I apologize.

they did not like to volunteer answers during class. These were excellent students. They prepared so thoroughly that it often seemed pointless to go over their homework. The margins of their textbooks were filled with scribbled notes. Yet they hesitated before raising their hands. When I would call on them, they would immediately get up to answer, but volunteering seemed foreign to them.

There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.

Not at the same time." He leaned toward her and lowered his voice. "I've never been into the group thing. After the first five or six times, it's not all that fun." "You're not impressing me with stories like that." "What

inclusion + engagement = execution muscle

Stop talking about inclusion and engagement and start including and engaging in every conversation, every meeting.

Photography has become one of the principal devices for experiencing something, for giving an appearance of participation.

I've never understood tourism. Where is the value in standing by and watching others live their lives?

The ballot is stronger than bullets.

Travel had taught me that the world was something to engage with, not take shelter from.

Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets ' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.

women who get the most participation from men are those who are comfortably assertive in their expectations of that participation.8 If you feel overly responsible or guilt-ridden about wanting your husband to pull his weight, you'll be at the mercy of his goodwill. This is not where you want to be in the modern-day, stressed-out marriage where everybody's trying to steal a few minutes of down time.

The study of Marxism outside of revolutionary struggle can form library rats, but not revolutionaries. Participation in the revolutionary struggle without the study of Marxism will inevitably be filled with hazards, be less confident, and turn out to be half-blind.