Quotes About Awareness

Growing up where I did, I came from a politically progressive family so I was aware of social issues, but it seemed like a very separate thing from film.

I care about a lot of social issues, and I care about fashion.

I will never shy away from social issues in my books - or in my everyday life.

I know it's very comfortable to sit at home and stay with your family, kids and friends and not worry about anything. But with the platform we have we should be the people that scream at the social issues and put them out there so as a society we can move forward.

I want all of the work that I do to have a social justice footprint attached. I want it to move the needle forward when it comes to the perception of all people, but especially people of color.

My kids are really into social justice.

Gun violence and social justice are near and dear to my heart. And they are so connected it's sad.

There are always groups on campus that are doing amazing things. I know when I was in college, I was a student at the University of Arizona, working on my bachelor's in history, and I got involved with a number of different groups that were connected to different social justice issues that I cared about.

Going to an interracial high school shaped my understanding of social justice and racial inequality.

Most people, certainly faculty, believe that if they're for social justice, it's automatically integrated into whatever they do.

Hearing aids didn't cause any problem with my social life, my career, no problem at all, and I've been wearing them for a long time. As a matter of fact, once I became an entertainer and started working on television, I was probably the first performer to talk about hearing problems on the air.

There are a lot of pros and cons about social media; it's just how you choose to handle it and how you have to be prepared for the negatives as well.

I definitely hope women know that abuse/harassment/blackmail on social media is also a crime, and the police definitely help.

I'll say this, the mayoral position - because of COVID, because of the 24-hour news cycle, because of social media - it's been elevated.

I don't think people understand the power of social media or our phones.

I'm not on social media; I don't watch TV. I'm really out of it.

When I talk to CEOs, they're not educated about social media.

I try not to live my life on my phone or my social media pages.

I think a lot of people get lost. They start following iconic figures and get drowned in the pool of celebrity. Our society, as we know it, is definitely changing. With social media and cell phones, you freak out when you don't know what's going on.

Once you've worked as a writer and editor in the world of social media for a decade, the way I have, you start to notice patterns.

I think social media is an interesting beast - you can't get too caught up in it. People can get caught up in it sometimes, but I think it's important to live in the present and not on the computer screen.

You have to be really careful with what you put out on social media and who you're talking to online.

I'm very adamant on social media about recommending comedians to people if they don't know them. I think it's so important to go see them.

One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone.