Quotes About Engagement

That is, we are bombarded by all kinds of images and influences and we have to fend some of them off if we're to take in any of them, or to carry through just our ordinary day's work, or really deepen whatever we have to do or say.

I'm an ordinary Hackney boy, and I can talk to people.

I always put myself in the audience's seat, whether it is a film like 'Judwaa 2' or 'Badlapur.' There has to be a message; the core story needs to have a hook, which should be out of the ordinary.

There is little or no point being chair of the Labour Party and being ignored when engaging with Labour ministers when you're trying to articulate something that affects ordinary people in society.

I don't like playing to guitar players, actually. I'd rather just play to ordinary people.

My husband is in politics and my kids are already a campaign organ for him and I really love being their mother.

Stand-up is more of an organic process. An imagined dialogue with the audience.

Look at an interview as an organic part of building a relationship.

Part of how you grapple with intense opposition is by creating real, organic momentum: by actually doing something for people, and then they rightfully buy into it.

We have a massive following and a loyal following. We've never bought a follower or any of that stuff that brands do, it's all organic.

I'm down to work with anyone as long as it's an organic collaboration.

Hosting should be organic, and boring an audience with your hosting is the worst you can do.

I'm very interested in film, but any more involvement would happen organically. I'm not really seeking anything out, just looking at projects that come up that interest me.

Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism.

Theatre is a living organism. You only know if your show is working when you see it with an audience. You can also tell when it isn't working - it's horrible, and you desperately try to figure out how to make it connect.

I joined the Communist Party because I felt I had to be in some organization.

You have to, in your own life, get people to want to work with you and want to help you. The organizational chart, in my opinion, means very little. I need my bosses' goodwill, but I need the goodwill of my subordinates even more.

In the U.S. and Canada, 50% of the young leadership of all the organizations like AIPAC and Hillel are Birthright alumni.

Like many older D.C. organizations, Common Cause has had to come a long way both in its use of the Internet and its understanding of the great value of engaging people in a broader online dialogue.

I like a challenge. The fact that these are secret organizations, and also very important organizations that can engage in abuses that are so important to our national security - all that attracts me.

So many organizations have a mentoring arm, but they don't really do it. Their idea of mentoring a kid is giving them general advice. But what they need to do is read with children.

Once I'm on the phone, I just can't say no. I sometimes find myself doing things for three or four organizations in one day.

I started calling anti-child labor organizations, asking how I could help. They told me a kid couldn't make any difference, so I decided to start a movement for young people to fight child labor, and to prove them wrong.

I support organizations that help people do better for themselves and the community.