Quotes About Participation

When I was 16, my friends were in a drama group, and they asked me to join. I said no, I'm not interested, that it's not really for me.

We're not perfect, but we do have democracy.

We need to find a way to empower citizens to make governments take notice.

I love New York audiences, because they're used to going to shows, and you really notice it. They laugh and applaud and do all the things that you want an audience to do.

As someone who went to school in the '70s and '80s, I can't say that I noticed much of a 'medals for all' culture myself.

I take very seriously the notion that you have to get out in your community; you have to talk to people, but, more importantly, you have to listen to people.

It's a philosophy that - 'We, the People' - it's about us, that if the Americans want to do something, they have the power to try to put leaders in place to carry out whatever their notions are.

I'm interested in harnessing the good will and distributed power of people, including novices.

People like things they can do now, not just think about.

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.

I think there is an obligation - not just a right, but an obligation - to vote.

When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that.

To merely observe your culture without contributing to it seems very close to existing as a ghost.

I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it.

You know, people should be able to vote free of any harassment, intimidation, obstacles, et cetera.

We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

It's obviously nice to contribute.

If there is anybody who feels they are not in the right frame of mind to play, then obviously, I would not play them.

When I go to a concert, I can't believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that they obviously like and then they dance the whole time.

Politics, I believe, is a full-time occupation.

When an Occupy demo in the centre of Frankfurt makes world news, I shall hurry to join in.

En lugar de interrogarnos a nosotros mismos,¿no sería mejor crear, obrar sobre una realidad que no se entrega al que la contempla, sino al que es capaz de sumergirse en ella?

La lectura es libertad y el lector, al leer, reinventa aquello mismo que lee; participa así en la creación universal.