Quotes About Awareness

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

I do not know it all and do not claim to.

Sometimes we just sit around and sit on our hands and don't do anything because it's like, 'Hey, that's not my problem.' You can't do that when you're a superhero.

When I was growing up, all these superheroes were white. On some level, you put that out of your mind... but as you get older, you realize it's a very one-sided affair. So I'm very glad to see that these movies are becoming more diversified.

Also, the commercial media in a superior position, really, to any other corporate lobby, because where would people hear about commercial media or corporate media criticism, where would they hear criticism of them other than in the commercial media?

While having friends of color is better than not having them, it doesn't change the overall system or prevent racism from surfacing in our relationships. The societal default is white superiority, and we are fed a steady diet of it 24/7. To not actively seek to interrupt racism is to internalize and accept it.

I really wasn't even aware that Batman and Superman had this kind of grudging friendship.

I loved Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, but I was always keenly aware that people who looked like me could not look like that.

When I go to the supermarket, I can see people looking in my cart. So I have to be careful what I buy and when. I send my sister to Costco to pick up the personal items.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.

If you go and stop people at a supermarket and ask them for their receipt and say, 'Hey how much did you just spend?' middle class shoppers have no idea. The poor know what they just spent.

As with products on supermarket shelves, the public has a right to know where their financial products and services come from.

If I had to name my superpower, it's probably empathy.

If I could have one superpower, I'd be like Mel Gibson in 'What Women Want,' where he reads women's minds.

I want everyone to be aware of what their superpower is because I believe that we all have superpowers.

We have to be very conscious of the fact that beneath every illness is a prohibition. A prohibition that comes from a superstition.

I have an awareness of a spiritual realm, and I see signs that I feel speak to me - I don't know if that falls into superstition.

While racism does exist - and racism should be condemned - the demand for racists has far exceeded the supply.

For those of us who are lucky enough to not worry about where our next meal is coming from, it can be difficult to consider a life where the choice and supply of what you eat is extremely limited.

A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.

Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. We inform, engage, and mobilize audiences to take action and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world.

The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women's cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.

Cancer affects everyone, and it's up to all of us to support the important research that can one day make a much sought-after cure a reality.

Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib.