Quotes About Participation

It's like the American democratic system. When you vote, even if your candidate doesn't win, you accept that democracy was in action. When people participate in a Tezos network, they're accepting that the democratic vote of the other coin holders will govern the way the protocol moves.

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.

Our experiments not only proved the existence of a nervous apparatus in the above-mentioned glands, but also disclosed some facts clearly showing the participation of these nerves in normal activity.

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.

You don't have to dance—just get out there on the floor and shake.

The political history of the twentieth century is the story of greater and more direct political participation. And success kept expanding democracy's scope. Whatever the ailment, more democracy became the cure.

Quien está en un rincón del salón baila con todos los bailarines. Lo ve todo y, al verlo todo, lo vive todo.

We lost our innocence in the Fall, and our turn to it is through the Redemption which was brought about by Christ's death and by our slow participation in it. Sentimentality is a skipping of this process in its concrete reality and an early arrival at a mock state of innocence, which strongly suggests its opposite.

Democracy fascinates me.

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.

I believe that when you provide information to people, they become less fearful and they will engage more in their democracy if they are empowered with information.

It's very good for a 22-year-old player to feature in a Copa America.

There's a total separation between the federal government and the people. So running for president was an attempt on my part to get people to care enough to go vote. But people just don't bother. And that's why it's not working.

Within an office, it's important to create opportunities for anonymous feedback.

Ultimately, a women's only championship is not going to get more females into motorsport as a whole.

Few people think about politics every day. But they are in the market every day.

Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.

I watch the game pretty closely and think of a few things that I'd do perhaps differently to what's going on and throw up ideas here and there as well.

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts.

It's about being a voice in the community. There's so many ways to be a voice, and that's what I'm figuring out.

I love books that give you space to climb inside there. And you have to run to keep up in places, and you have to fill in a lot of blanks yourself. So it almost becomes your story.

Larry Kasdan wanted us all there, all the time, even if we weren't filming.

Who wants to watch the WBSS final without me in it?