Quotes About Engagement

I consider myself an activist who governs.

Politics is a process, and there has to be a continual conversation between those who govern and those who give their consent to be governed.

The campaign is over. It's time for the work of governing to begin.

In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.

If governments want to encourage good citizenship, they should try making the desired behavior more fun.

Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.

The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.

I don't care if it's a dollar or two dollars. If I'm governor, people should have skin in the game.

I'm a chairman on the Board of Governors for the East-West Players, the longest-running Asian-American theater company in America.

The moment you grab someone by the lapels, you're lost.

If you are interesting as a person, as I believe I am, I don't think I have to grab the attention. It automatically will be there.

TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.

You'll read a script, and it'll grab me, or it won't.

Television is on a small screen, inside someone's living room, so you have to grab their attention while they are having dinner or cooking or doing something else.

Grab onto things that resonate with you, that you relate to, or that you empathize with.

I have to grab audience attention even if I don't last beyond 2-3 minutes before the camera.

I started in politics as a fresh graduate wanting to make a difference, by bringing more political awareness and interest to young people.

It's been in the back of my head for five or six years, but more on the local level to get involved and try to create a better environment for my children and grandchildren.

Both my parents' brothers are into active politics and so was my grandfather.

I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes, then it's too obtuse or esoteric.

My grandparents have taught me that since I was younger: just to be involved in a whole bunch of different things so you don't get burnt out, and you know what you like to do and what you don't like to do.

Whether you work with your family or someone from outside, you can't take the audience for granted.

The Democratic Party has taken the black community for granted and said, 'This is the most loyal constituency we have. They're not going anywhere.' But the Republican Party has said, 'That's the most loyal constituency Democrats have. They're not going anywhere. We've got to win without them.'

I think the graphic novel form works, in practice, a lot differently from watching a movie. You can put it down and pick it back up whenever you want - something you can't do in a theater.