Quotes About Participation

I feel myself part of something. Not only being part of a community but part of an actual moment and a movement of Irish writing and art. That sense of being part of the whole thing is the deepest joy.

I love to be a part of movies, irrespective of the cultural and language barriers.

You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.

We want a country which is not isolated and where democracy rules.

I would like to be more active outside of Israel.

I've always got the itch to play. I don't like sitting out too long.

There is a baked item in the show, I'm there.

Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

If it's necessary to join a caucus and get a committee assignment, I'll do it.

You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.

Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

I never remember, like, saying, 'Well, I'm going to belong - join the civil rights movement.'

As much fun as it is gaming, I have so much to do that I've had to get away from them. I still enjoy them. When I go to a friend's house and they have a game on, I'll happily join in and play.

Even in the political arena, we need good people to join politics. I believe women can lead the country.

I can't tell you how excited I was when I joined my first book club, but I can tell you how much I immediately regretted it.

My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs.

I'm the guy who needs to be front and center. I joined a fraternity to do that.

It's more fun to watch without joining in.

Over the years, I have perfected the art of dancing and photographing at the same time: it's a great double act. If you're dancing, you are joining in. If you stand there rigid, you are not in the flow of things.

I don't really know jokes. I'm just in on the joke.

In Europe, demands for expanded popular participation came on the heels of war; the rise of the British Labour Party in the 1920s, for example, was in some ways a consequence of the sufferings of the working class in the trenches of World War I. In Latin America, by contrast, elites usually pulled back from interstate conflicts precisely to avoid having to turn to the masses for help.

The principle of effective government is meritocracy; the principle of democracy is popular participation. These two principles can be made to work together, but there is always an underlying tension between them.

In all postconflict reconstruction, the ultimate goal is to create a minimally capable state in four key areas: (1) security; (2) governance and participation; (3) social and economic well-being; and (4) justice and reconciliation.

One thing that makes France different from other countries is the tradition of social solidarity. People from all backgrounds and political positions are willing to contribute for services and protection of society as a whole - but on the condition that money is being spent effectively and that everyone is paying their part.