Get Involved Quotes - Page 17

• Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

  Barbara Bush

  Time, Believe, Ideas

  Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at the Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, www.wellesley.edu. June 1, 1990.

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• Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is beyond thought, so that no matter what, you never get involved with thoughts. Illuminate original mind, and no other understanding is necessary.

  Bankei Yotaku

  Hate, Thinking, Illumination

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• One of the difficulties about interviewing people in Rwanda is that the country is trying to get on with ordinary life and some people just don't want to get involved in this.

  Tony Greig

  Country, People, Trying

  "Investigator details charges". "NBC News Investigates", www.nbcnews.com. December 2, 2004.

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• There are some who apparently feel that the fight for freedom is separate from the Gospel. They express it in several ways, but it generally boils down to this: Just live the gospel; there's no need to get involved in trying to save freedom and the Constitution or stop communism.... Should we counsel the people, 'Just live your religion - there's no need to get involved in the fight for freedom?' No we should not, because our stand for freedom is a most basic part of our religion.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Fighting, People, Trying

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• If everything is noted, all your emotional difficulties will disappear. When you feel happy, don't get involved in happiness. When you feel sad, don't get involved with it. Whatever comes, don't worry, just be aware of it.

  Dipa Ma

  Freedom, Emotional, Worry

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• It isn't really important to decide when you are very young just exactly what you want to become when you grow up. It is much more important to decide on the way you want to live. If you are going to be honest with yourself and honest with your friends, if you are going to get involved in causes which are good for others, not only for yourselves, then it seems to me that that is sufficient, and maybe what you will be is only a matter of chance.

  Golda Meir

  Growing Up, Important, Want

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• On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.

  Martin Sheen

  Vegetables, People, Trying

  Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. July 1, 2003.

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• It is very important for young people not to be afraid of engaging in areas that are not common to the youth. Get involved in local activities, get involved in local initiatives, be involved in leadership positions because you can’t learn unless you are involved. And if you make mistakes that is alright too because we all make mistakes and we learn from those mistakes. You gain confidence from learning, failing and rising again.

  Wangari Maathai

  Mistake, People, Important

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• We are a country that prides itself on power and wealth, yet there are millions of children who go hungry every day. It is our responsibility, not only as a nation, but also as individuals, to get involved. So, next time you pass someone on the street who is in need, remember how lucky you are, and don't turn away.

  Lesley Boone

  Country, Children, Responsibility

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• Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent.

  Pete Seeger

  People, Examination, World

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• When we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a power no government can suppress.

  Howard Zinn

  Government, Speaks Out, Together We Can

  Howard Zinn (2013). “A Power Governments Cannot Suppress”, p.16, City Lights Books

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• Once a fight has started, if you get involved in thinking about what to do, you will be cut down by your opponent with the very next blow.

  Yagyu Munenori

  Fighting, Cutting, Blow

  "A Hereditary Book on the Art of War". Book by Yagyu Munenori, 1632.

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• Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours to tell the truth.

  Ingmar Bergman

  Lying, Self, Portraiture

  "Ingmar's self portrait" by Ingmar Bergman, 1957.

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• I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them somehow in what I'm doing or get involved in what they're doing.

  John Zorn

  Music, Running, Trying

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• How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it and why was I not informed of the rules and regulations but just thrust into the ranks as if I had been bought by a peddling shanghaier of human beings? How did I get involved in this big enterprise called actuality? Why should I be involved? Isn't it a matter of choice? And if I am compelled to be involved, where is the manager—I have something to say about this. Is there no manager? To whom shall I make my complaint?

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Choices, Rules And Regulations, World

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• Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.

  Mitch Albom

  Past, Forgiving, Too Late

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.18, Broadway Books

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• Dear young people, please, don’t be observers of life, but get involved. Jesus did not remain an observer, but he immersed himself. Don’t be observers, but immerse yourself in the reality of life, as Jesus did.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Reality, People

  Pope Francis' address to the Prayer Vigil with the young people during the apostolic journey to Rio de Janeiro on the occasion of the XXVIII World Youth Day, at Waterfront of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, w2.vatican.va. July 27, 2013.

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• Owning stocks is like having children - don't get involved with more than you can handle.

  Peter Lynch

  Children, Investing, Handle

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.305, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't want to get involved in the racial situation at the expense of losing fans. I wouldn't say anything too strong but I do know that God created us equal and we're not living up to it.

  Jayne Mansfield

  Strong, Say Anything, Want

  "Here They Are Jayne Mansfield". Book by Raymond Strait, 1992.

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• Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

  Bill Maher

  Liars, Government, People

  Bill Maher (2003). “When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism”, New Millenium

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• Study, find all the good teachers and study with them, get involved in acting to act, not to be famous or for the money. Do plays. It's not worth it if you are just in it for the money. You have to love it.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Teacher, Play, Acting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at. Being with people who share your interests makes socializing easier.

  Temple Grandin

  People, Autism, Special

  Temple Grandin (2011). “The Way I See It, Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's”, p.164, BookBaby

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• The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

  Willem Dafoe

  People, Passionate, Worst

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

  Rick Pitino

  Sports, Negativity, Trying

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