Quotes About Engagement

Generally speaking, I, like anyone else who does anything publicly, like it when people like what I do, and would like to hear as much.

The single hardest part of leading any organization is knowing what is going on. There's too much noise in the system, too much complexity: you absolutely depend on people speaking up and raising concerns.

I believe that poems are a score for performance by the reader, and that you become the speaking voice. You don't read or overhear the voice in the poem - you are the voice in the poem.

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.

I'm married to Senator Vincent Hughes of Pennsylvania, so I always am speaking my mind. I remember, growing up, my parents were always involved in what was going on in the community, and their involvement helped me in so many different ways and other people within our community.

What Facebook wants to create an association with is every time you're bored, every time you have a few minutes. We know that, psychologically speaking, boredom is painful. Whenever you're feeling bored, whenever you have a few extra minutes, this is a salve for that itch.

Music that speaks of politics is less listened to than the music of partying, but it's still there.

When a president speaks, it's to multiple audiences.

My impression is that American policy speaks not of antagonism but rather partnership.

I get called to do a lot of labors of love... independent films on very small budgets. If I have the time and if the project speaks to me, it's better than sitting around, right?

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some quality speaks to the individual.

Projects don't need to be special for me to sign up, but I do need them to have something that speaks to me in some way.

I'm kind of down for anything, as long as it's an amazing script that speaks to me, so I'm just constantly reading and constantly looking.

There is no point having team meetings where no one speaks because you don't learn anything.

The challenge is to keep it fresh. If you're talking about Britney Spears over and over, it's very hard to keep that interesting.

The routines of social intercourse in established settings allow us to deal with anticipated others without special attention or thought.

I take my job seriously. It's a very special process, you have to be connected with what you are singing.

So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic.

Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you're connecting with them on a personal level.

What happens when kids don't have glasses - they get bored in class. They disengage and they may be disruptive. They may be misdiagnosed for A.D.D. or put in special needs classes.

Once I got to the NBA I wanted to continue to work with the Special Olympics and those with special needs.

I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make a special occasion.

Some specialist guitar music is not of the highest intellectual calibre, so I must make it sound as though it is. If it bores me, it certainly won't please an audience.