Raising Awareness Quotes

• Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Issues, Environmental, Important

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• The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

  Brassai

  Art, People, Purpose

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• I love raising awareness and encouraging people to take action for World Environment Day, because it demonstrates how individual voices can become a global chorus for change.

  Li Bingbing

  Voice, People, World

  "Interview with Li Bingbing on Elephants and Ivory Poaching by Maranda Pleasant". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• To me, it is a process, a process that starts with raising awareness, engaging international partners on this issue, and being committed to a different course of action.

  Alexis Herman

  Issues, Different, Action

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• Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

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• Environmental issues are on everyone's mind. It's part of our culture now and I can only applaud and laud anyone who is doing what they can and raising awareness.

  Keanu Reeves

  Issues, Mind, Environmental

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Until a vegan or vegetarian enters the room, people don't see themselves as meat-eaters. They are merely 'eaters', and it is we vegans who have made them aware of what they are doing. Often this is discomforting.

  Carol J. Adams

  Food, People, Feminist

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• Connect with people, visibly and loudly showcase initiatives that reduce greenhouse gases emissions, nurture youth leaders, or spread the message by raising awareness through campaigns. I am convinced that your contributions will ensure that climate change solutions safely power our - and especially your - future.

  Christiana Figueres

  People, Leader, Messages

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• Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.

  Stone Gossard

  Spiritual, Awareness, Marketplace

  "From Ticketmaster to Trees: An Interview With Pearl Jam Guitarist Stone Gossard". Interview with Scott Thill, www.wired.com. October 17, 2008.

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• Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

  Adora Svitak

  Voice, Age, World

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• Raising awareness about the Deaf culture is a huge cause that I advocate. Because both of my parents are deaf, I am passionate about it in an entirely different way.

  Grace Gealey

  Parent, Different, Culture

  "Empire Actor Grace Gealey: Gratitude and Forgiveness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.

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• Even if we act immediately, the world is doomed to lose many of its animal and plant species and this inturn will reduce the ability of ecosystems to deliver vital services to human populations. The Red List gives all of us a practical tool for raising awareness of the biodiversity crisis and for forging new partnerships within the international community.

  Achim Steiner

  Animal, Ecosystems, Giving

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• Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights.

  Hafez Ibrahim

  Rights, Death Penalty, Awareness

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• One main problem with raising awareness of LGBT abuse is the denial. The term "domestic violence" is perceived as something akin to alcoholism, ("I don't sit on a park bench drinking") and people do not see that they are perpetrating or are a victim of DV because they have a set idea about what it is.

  Kim Kardashian

  Drinking, Ideas, People

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• In some of the countries, women are not allowed to even leave the house. And that's something that needs to change. So, raising awareness among both sexes is key to that.

  Juliet Aubrey

  Country, Sex, Keys

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Movember is an event that I've supported for a number of years. I haven't grown a moustache myself before, but I've always donated to others. I think that raising awareness for men's health is really important. You see a lot of initiatives - very public initiatives - around women's health, like breast cancer awareness and the like, but men's health issues tend to go more unnoticed. I think this is a great cause and I'm proud to support it.

  James Magnussen

  Cancer, Men, Thinking

  "James Magnussen Movember Interview". Interview with Jamie Watt, au.askmen.com.

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• As a country [USA], we can attract more talented people to teaching by raising awareness of educational inequity and getting the public to understand from individual classrooms, schools, and cities that this is an issue that can be solved.

  Wendy Kopp

  Country, Educational, Teaching

  Source: www.economist.com

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• One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety.

  Nick Lampson

  Children, Law, Issues

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• Set goals that are achievable. Bring about meaningful change one step at a time. Raising awareness is not enough.

  Henry Spira

  Meaningful, Goal, Steps

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• At Girl Scouts, we are committed to raising awareness about the terrible effects of cyber bullying, and to teaching girls how to recognize the signs of bullying of any sort and extricate themselves or another from a bad situation before it spirals out of control and ends in tragedy.

  Anna Maria Chavez

  Girl, Bullying, Teaching

  "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.

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• Information is key to raising awareness of what our brain withholds from our conscious mind. Unfortunately we are hardwired emotion-driven thinkers. It takes effort and training to exercise introspection and mindfulness.

  David Bloor

  Exercise, Keys, Effort

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• The entire customer or user experience - from raising awareness, to buying a product / taking action, to getting customer support - is going digital.

  Colleen Jones

  Support, Buying, Digital

  "Content and Clout: A Chat with Colleen Jones". Interview with Kristina Mausser, www.uxmatters.com. February 21, 2011.

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• I apologize to everyone who was offended by my insensitive tweet about the situation in Egypt. I've dedicated my life to raising awareness about serious social issues, and in hindsight my attempt at humor regarding a nation liberating themselves against oppression was poorly timed and absolutely inappropriate.

  Kenneth Cole

  Egypt, Issues, Serious

  "Egypt protests". www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2011.

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• The Nile Project is the performing side of an effort that also includes education in music and environmental issues, raising awareness of the entire Nile basin as an ecosystem. With such vibrant music, the good intentions were a bonus; the Nile Project was a superb example of what I call small-world music, of what happens to traditions in the information age.

  Jon Pareles

  Issues, Ecosystems, Effort

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