Quotes About Engagement

With TV presenting, I speak a lot anyway!

Reading feeds writing: it presents you with new ideas to engage with.

The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

I think the preservation of orchestras and what they do is worth expending all the ways there are to reach out to people who might not otherwise go.

Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it.

President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.

I think President Obama, like myself, is a multitasker.

To be frank, I don't think President Obama gives much thought to Africa - or gives much to Africa.

It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.

I do think it's fair to say that there are times when President Obama has not been engaged enough with the Middle East.

President Trump has had business leaders at the table. He's listening; he's engaging and making decisions that will help us grow the economy and, ultimately, U.S. manufacturing jobs.

President Trump wouldn't stick to politics, so he got to jump into sports. So I feel very comfortable now, moving forward, jumping back and forth. Sports to politics, politics to sports.

President Trump has made political news interesting and necessary for people to follow.

I loved covering presidential politics - not so much because of the candidates but because of the people it allowed me to talk to.

The last thing I expected in the world was to end up being involved in a presidential campaign.

I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

Whatever the press is talking about, they want to keep talking about it. So instead of asking yourself, 'How can I get them to start talking about me?', figure out a way to get yourself involved in what they're already talking about.

The last thing you want to see is your great players in the press box or in the locker room.

The back and forth between the press and government is essential to any good democracy.

One of the things I've learned with doing 'xkcd' is that you sort of give people, 'Here's the thing, and here's the button you can press to get another thing.' Sometimes that can be more easy to digest than, 'Here's a long page of things.'

If somebody doesn't want to show up for a press conference I'll pull them from the card.

I'd never presume to understand what it's like to be in a community I've never been a part of, but I can show up, listen and learn.

Our interaction as patients with the NHS should be on the basis that there's a presumption that all information is shared with us.