Quotes About Participation

I read every single comment that comes in.

I've never made a comment on a message board in my life.

The key here is that we're not going to beat them on commercials: They're always going to have more money than us. So what we have to try to do throughout is just ask people to make sure they vote.

Some artists don't want to be involved in anything outside the performing. They'll say, 'You make the decisions and tell me what to do.' I want to be in on all of it. If there's a meeting where commitments are made that I have to carry out, I want to be there.

If you own a football club, you have to be really involved and committed.

If you ever live in a country run by a committee, be on the committee.

I also served on many government committees.

If you're going to build a business that's based on community, your business has to have community in it.

As a human being, when I see things going on in my community, I feel compelled to do something, to say something.

I have interest in competing in every big event like Money in the Bank or Elimination Chamber or SummerSlam or whatever it is. I want to be part of those shows, I want to be part of that product; that's where I want to be.

The whole competition thing disturbs me. Not that I wasn't a part of it when I first started.

I was always active on stage - taking part in dance competitions, skits, and plays.

I can't do any competitive sport myself!

An audience shouldn't listen with complacency.

If you ever, ever, ever want to complain about what's going on in the U.S., you should vote because then you have a right to. If you want to complain, you should vote.

You can't complain or have a say if you don't vote.

It's very hard to complain about society if you don't get involved.

We need to get back to the concept of taking the community with us.

Every film I do, I'm involved with from the very conception of the project.

I never really went to any concerts that I wasn't in.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

I want to keep people engaged and I want them to feel connected to what I'm doing.

Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.

The Commonwealth Games have their critics, though I suspect that they are generally people who haven't experienced them.