Participating Quotes

I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.

By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.

My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.

Of course, the process of curating is different from art making. Exhibition-making is a process that involves collaboration with various participating artists.

Most movies, I forget about them while I'm watching them. I go every single day. But I've never thought about participating in any way. It's like being at home all day. It was never a goal to me.

You yourself are participating in the evil, or you are not alive. Whatever you do is evil for somebody. This is one of the ironies of the whole creation.

Since all signs indicate that we shouldn't participate in this election, participating in the election has no meaning.

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

Success means participating fully in the conscious evolution of humanity, contributing to the shift in time to avoid the chaos and disasters foreseen.

He [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin] was thrilled with the idea that through work in the world human beings were participating in the ongoing extension and consecration of God's creation.

The television set's on while the family's sitting around having dinner or talking. Nobody's watching TV; it's there; they're aware of it, but they're not participating. That's passive.

If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.

CARE is participating in a groundbreaking summit to end sexual violence in conflict.

In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

Politics imagined as direct agency, whether by voting or by participating in politics, you can think you're not political because you don't do anything between elections.

We must make democracy the popular creed...If we should fail to do this, our people are bound to suffer... That is what my father said. It is the reason why I am participating in this struggle.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

People are either driven to action or complacency, mission or rust. You're either participating in the Game of Life or you're watching it from the grandstands.

Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.

I'm sorry I didn't have this revelation earlier. I sleep better and more soundly because I'm not participating anymore.

We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American citizen in a global context means to us.

Freedom is having real choice. This offers a limited amount of choices. This is participating in a very imperfect system that we're desperately hanging onto, that we don't want to see further eroded.

Every Christian has unique opportunities to engage the most pressing social issues of our day by praying, proclaiming the gospel, and participating with God in all that he is doing in the world.

The main drawback, of course, was cost. Participating effectively in World Summit on the Information Society was very expensive for both developing countries and (especially) civil society.

EVOLUTIONARIES is going to help create a worldview that will influence our vision ofthe future ... and also our role in consciously participating in it.

And when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble tradition.

I binge write. I think it's because I started seriously writing by participating in National Novel Writing Month, an online-based challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days.

The number of students participating in A.P. has more than doubled in 10 years, and today almost 15,000 U.S. schools offer A.P. courses.

I think by not participating in the current political debate, hopefully I'm sending a signal that will help set a tone.

The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.

I barely belong to this world, but still I'm participating.

So I observe life a little bit, rather than participating in it.

A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways.

The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.

Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.

The only way we can put a permanent end to terrorism is to stop participating in it.

If you want to end terrorism stop participating in it.

But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their websites.

Most people are participating in the grand adventure of living with one another.

We're outsiders, and so when we walk through the city, we're there and not there at the same time, participating and observing simultaneously.

I feel outside of the system where you’re male or female. So I just retired from caring. I don’t represent myself as a man or as a woman. I represent myself by not participating as either.

This art of participating in happiness is one of the foundations if you want to be happy.

To be creative is to worship. To be creative is to participate in the great process of creation - and participating in creativity is participating in God.

As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.

I like visual arts, and what I love doing is participating in the making of it.

Right now, when you go and hit the light switch in your house, you're participating in a state-protected monopoly. You're being forced to accept dirty power from a single producer.

What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing.

Your most important “want” should be the one you can control!

You need to work even if it is a menial or dirty job, because every job is participating in the process of creation.