Involvement Quotes - Page 7

• The civil rights movement was based on faith. Many of us who were participants in this movement saw our involvement as an extension of our faith. We saw ourselves doing the work of the Almighty. Segregation and racial discrimination were not in keeping with our faith, so we had to do something.

  John Lewis

  Rights, Movement, Saws

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• It was unfair that people could pretend to be one thing when they were really something else. That they would get you on their side and then do nothing but fail, and fail, and fail again. People should come with warnings, like cigarette packs: involvement would kill you over time.

  Lauren Oliver

  Life, People, Warning

  Lauren Oliver (2014). “Rooms”, p.69, Hachette UK

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• My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.

  Yo-Yo Ma

  Political, Culture, Arena

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• An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  Motivational, Atheist, Prayer

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

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• I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country.

  Rick Santorum

  Country, Believe, Ideas

  Interview with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. February 26, 2012.

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• The only solution to the violence problem in America is a return to traditional parental involvement. This should be encouraged by every elected official. Also, the abandonment and neglect of children by their parents should have civil consequences.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Children, Should Have, America

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• Combining paid employment with marriage and motherhood creates safeguards for emotional well-being. Nothing is certain in life, but generally the chances of happiness are greater if one has multiple areas of interest and involvement. To juggle is to diminish the risk of depression, anxiety, and unhappiness.

  Faye J Crosby

  Depression, Motherhood, Emotional

  Faye J. Crosby (1993). “Juggling: the unexpected advantages of balancing career and home for women and their families”, Touchstone

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• We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.

  Rick Perry

  Believe, Health, School

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• What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.

  Edward Albee

  Reality, People, Want

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• I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

  Jose Saramago

  Political, Kind, Imagine

  "Still a street-fighting man". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2006.

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• The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Party, Media, America

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• I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.

  Pat Robertson

  Political, Political Involvement, Direct

  "Pat Robertson: Mitt Romney an 'Outstanding Christian'" by Anugrah Kumar, www.christianpost.com. October 2, 2011.

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• The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts.

  Rick Ross

  Education, Effort, Groups

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• Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Race, Age, Income

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• I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist and forces him to produce objects in order to live.

  Sol LeWitt

  Believe, Artist, Order

  Video Data Bank of Art Institute of Chicago, collection "On Art and Artists", 1992.

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• I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.

  George R. R. Martin

  Book, Fans, Intense

  "George R. R. Martin talks 'Game of Thrones' as the HBO show's 'Daenerys' departs". Interview with Maureen Ryan, featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com. April 29, 2010.

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• Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words

  Thurston Moore

  Writing, Expression, People

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• I would love to have seen a male-female relationship that had nothing to do with falling in love, I'd love to prove, even on TV - even if it's not true! - that men and women can be friends without any kind of involvement.

  Nana Visitor

  Falling In Love, Men, Tvs

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• I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.

  Michele Bachmann

  President, Libya, Made

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• I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naïve hope.

  Elayne Boosler

  Wall, Moving, Caring

  "Occupy Wall Street — and What Charles Schwab Owes Kittens and Puppies" by By Elayne Boosler, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 20, 2011.

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• When families observe a later, deeper stage of cult involvement they may find it necessary to consider the involvement of a professional such as myself in an intervention effort.

  Rick Ross

  Effort, May, Stage

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• A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It's a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos to a drama, or when they're wheeled on in a tokenistic way without any real involvement in the plot.

  Mark Haddon

  Real, Drama, People

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• It takes years for average persons in the nagual's world to remove themselves from their involvement with themselves and be capable of seeing the wonder of it all.

  Florinda Donner

  Spiritual, Average, Years

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• I quickly said that, because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek' and also just being a fan, I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.

  J. J. Abrams

  Loyalty, Stars, Knowing

  "J.J. Abrams: I Turned Down 'Star Wars: Episode VII'" by Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 26, 2012.

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• Silicon Valley's involvement with Washington dates from one event, which was John Scully - who was the CEO of Apple - had dinner with President Clinton and Vice President Gore in 1993. And we're all going, like, 'What's going on? Why would we have dinner with the president?'

  Eric Schmidt

  Apples, President, Vices

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