“With BSG, sci-fi is the human experience taken beyond the envelope. When I first became involved with the project, I knew that I would be able to play a human being for many years, exploring and reflecting on issues that would impact people's lives.” PeopleYearsFirstsHumansPlayWould BeAbleHuman BeingsIssuesTakenInvolvedProjectsImpactSci FiExploringHuman ExperienceReflectingEnvelopesSci Fi Film Author:Mary McDonnell
“There has never been a time when I was not committed to, involved in, or caring of, the social and political issues of my world.” WorldPoliticalSocialIssuesInvolvedCommittedCaringPolitical Issues Author:Jessye Norman
“Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.” EnergyIssuesEnvironmentSourceInvolvedDirectorsInternationalMy TimeSustainabilityDevotedLaboratoryFractionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Burton Richter
“I am not involved in any 'issues' because it's too sensitive for me - or my wife - to get involved. Every time we express an opinion it becomes a whole thing in itself. And the whole purpose of living in the countryside was to get away from hundreds of people. My wife fell off a horse, and suddenly there are hundreds of people around.” PeopleWholePurposeOpinionIssuesWifeInvolvedHorseMy WifeSensitiveGet AwayGet InvolvedCountryside Author:Guy Ritchie
“There are some very real areas where working together is critical, whether it's talking about public policy issues, enforcement, or how to work together to facilitate new business opportunities. The RIAA has gotten much more involved in that.” RealTogetherOpportunityTalkingIssuesPolicyInvolvedAreasCriticalWorking TogetherEnforcementPublic PolicyFacilitateNew BusinessBusiness Opportunity Author:Hilary Rosen
“People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.” PeopleWantProblemCasesIssuesEmotionalFootballTypeInvolvedCourtEncountersGet InvolvedAmerican LifeOasisPro FootballCourt Cases Author:Pete Rozelle
“I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since Beirut, I understand the issues, I understand and appreciate the enormity of the challenge we face from radical Islamic extremism. I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time.” NeedsLongJobsFacesStrongNationsChallengesIssuesSecurityInvolvedPeriodsTrainingAppreciateCrisisPreparedRadicalIslamicGovernorsNational SecurityExtremismMayorsChallenges We FaceBeirutLong RelationshipJob Training Author:John McCain
“Until the day I die, or until the day I can't think anymore, I want to be involved in the issues that I care about.” ThinkingWantI CanCareDiesIssuesInvolvedI Care Author:Janet Reno
“What shall be said, then, of those who insist upon ignoring the question of slavery as not involved in this deadly feud, and maintain that the only issue is, the support of the government and the preservation of the Union? Surely, they are "fools and blind"; for it is slaveholders alone who have conspired to seize the one, and overturn the other. As long as the enslavement of a single human being is sanctioned in the land, the curse of God will rest upon it.” HumansLongSaidGovernmentHuman BeingsSupportIssuesLandFoolInvolvedSlaveryBlindUnionsGods WillCursePreservationEnslavementFeudsSlaveholders Author:William Lloyd Garrison
“What is a great man who has made his mark upon history? Every time, if we think far enough, he is a man who has looked through the confusion of the moment and has seen the moral issue involved; he is a man who has refused to have his sense of justice distorted; he has listened to his conscience until conscience becomes a trumpet call to like-minded men, so that they gather about him, and together, with mutual purpose and mutual aid, they make a new period in history.” IfsThinkingMenMadeEnoughMomentsTogetherPurposeJusticeMoralHistoryIssuesInvolvedPeriodsConscienceMarkAidsConfusionGreat MenMutualTrumpetsMoral IssuesMutual Aid Author:Jane Addams
“Now if you ask me, in conclusion, "Well, what, then should properly be done?" Obviously war, but I mean in regard to this issue I would say: Any way possible permission should be refused and if they go ahead and build it, the government should bomb it out of existence, evacuating it first, with no compensation to any of the property owners involved in this monstrosity.” IfsWayShouldFirstsWellsMeanWarDoneGovernmentAsksExistenceIssuesInvolvedRegardPropertyConclusionAsk MeBombsOwnersPermissionCompensationMonstrosity Author:Leonard Peikoff
“Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have to do it sequentially. When I write incessantly, I lose touch with the issues and passions that fuel the work. But when I get too involved in organizations or movement endeavors, I almost forget that I'm a writer. It's a constant struggle to find a balance between these two worlds - the solitary writing life and the life of a social justice activist.” WorldWritingYearsI CanTwoSeemsPassionFoundSocialLosesJusticeForgetStruggleIssuesMovementBalanceInvolvedOrganizationSocial JusticeConstantActivismLive LifeFuelActivistEndeavorSolitaryWriting LifeTwo WorldsIncessantlyConstant Struggle Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“We thought a magazine, even a self proclaimed literary review, had to be involved in politics. We felt sex was healthy and made (then) bold use of fiction and graphics so declaring. We operated on a shoestring and still got our issues out on time. In short, we had a ball.” MadeStillsSelfUseSexFeltFictionIssuesInvolvedHealthyBallsMagazinesReviewsDeclaring Author:Barney Rosset
“Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know that five or ten years later.” KnowsYearsIssuesFiveInvolvedTenCreatingCreating SomethingPersonal Issues Author:Steve Martin
“I'm very literate on policy. I'm very literate on the issues, and I'm an American first. I've been involved in politics long before I was an actress. I just happen to have a platform now. I just happen to have a voice.” FirstsLongHappensVoiceIssuesPolicyInvolvedActressesPlatforms Author:Eva Longoria
“I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn’t. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and humanitarian issues.” WritingWantedRealizingIssuesMomInvolvedDirectMy MomHumanitarianActresses Author:Angelina Jolie
“I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.” IssuesInvolvedRootsGrass Author:J.B. Pritzker
“I feel very strongly that history is about everything. It isn't just about politics or the military or social issues. If art, music, engineering, science, medicine, finance, the world of architecture and technology - if those are left out, then you're not getting a full sense of the human condition. History is human and we human beings are involved in all kinds of things and that's part of our humanity.” IfsWorldFeelsHumansKindArtHumanityLeftSocialHuman BeingsTechnologyIssuesConditionsMilitaryInvolvedMedicineArchitectureAll KindsFinanceVery StrongHuman ConditionEngineeringSocial IssuesLeft OutArt Music Author:David McCullough
“California will not wait for our federal government to take strong action on global warming. We won't wait for the federal government. We will move forward because we know it's the right thing to do. We will lead on this issue and we will get other western states involved. I think there's not great leadership from the federal government when it comes to protecting the environment.” ThinkingKnowsStatesGovernmentActionMovingStrongWaitingIssuesEnvironmentInvolvedWesternMoving ForwardCaliforniaThings To DoRight ThingGlobal WarmingFederal GovernmentGreat LeaderGreat Leadership Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.” DoeMoralIssuesInvolvedRighteousnessNeutralityMoral Issues Book:1914-1919 Source: 1914-1919
“My plays are always involved with society, but I'm writing about people, too, and it's clear over the years that audiences understand them and care about them. The political landscape changes, the issues change, but the people are still there. People don't really change that much.” PeopleWritingYearsStillsPlayCarePoliticalAudienceIssuesClearInvolvedLandscape Author:Arthur Miller
“I really believe that you can. Not only do I think it is a part of public service to help young people find their way, just as professors had helped me find mine, but I've been very involved in K-12 education issues. I started a program back in 1992 called the Center for a New Generation, an afterschool enrichment program.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveHelpingYoungIssuesGenerationsMinesInvolvedProgramProfessorsCan NotPublic ServiceNew GenerationEnrichment Author:Condoleezza Rice
“It seems like people want to blame me for everything. Whenever any issue arises, I'm said to have been involved even if I've had nothing to do with it. That's why I always focus on what I know, which is playing football, and try to be very careful with what I say because people always try and twist things.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantTryingHas BeensSaidSeemsIssuesFocusFootballInvolvedBlameCarefulAriseTwistsPlaying FootballBlame Me Author:Lionel Messi
“I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.” MatterLightSidesIssuesSeriousInvolvedFringeFrivolousSerious Issues Author:Michele Bachmann
“I've always been very involved with environmental issues. I was fortunate to be one of the speakers at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero some years back, and Bruce Johnson and I served on the board of the Surfrider Foundation here at home. Locally and globally, we need to be doing everything we can to help Mother Earth.” NeedsYearsHelpingHomeEarthMotherIssuesInvolvedFoundationEnvironmentalFortunateBoardsSpeakersSummitJohnsonMother EarthRioEnvironmental Issues Author:Mike Love
“Terrifying mass shooting and high-profile officer-involved incidents have dominated the national conversation on gun violence in recent years. But most deaths by gun are not headline-grabbing massacres. They`re more private, more intimate, and perhaps in that way, even more horrifying. Domestic violence, make no mistake, domestic violence is a gun issue.” WayYearsMistakeIssuesViolenceInvolvedConversationMassGunShootingIntimateOfficersDomestic ViolenceIncidentsHeadlinesProfileGun ViolenceMassacresGrabbingHigh ProfileMass Shootings Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“A more just world is possible. In most of the global issues, and also in so many of the development issues I'm involved in in our region, the young people that I am working with are seizing the tools at their disposal and trying to use them well, for issues far larger than their immediate personal benefit and concerns. That's what gives me hope.” PeopleWorldGivingTryingWellsUseYoungIssuesDevelopmentInvolvedBenefitsConcernToolsGive MeRegionsSeizingGlobal Issues Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“For other people who are involved in unrepentant sin whether it's the sin of homosexual sexual expression or gluttony or pride or heterosexual sexual expression outside of a monogamous heterosexual marriage or any other thing - are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues? Would Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don't think so.” PeopleThinkingBigsSinDealsIssuesDangerExpressionPrideInvolvedLosingSalvationHomosexualGluttonyHeterosexual Marriage Author:Alan Chambers
“He is someone who is involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a fundamental way. Let's start with who Dani Dayan is. He was the former head of one of the main settler councils, the Yesha Council, which is a kind of umbrella organization for settlements in the occupied West Bank. Now, you know, for some countries this might not be an issue, but Brazil has made a point of its policies on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.” KnowsWayKindMadeCountryMightIssuesPolicyInvolvedConflictOrganizationFundamentalsWestFormerPalestinianCouncilIsraeliBrazilSettlementUmbrellaSettlersIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
“Musicians always want to sacrifice our creativity to get involved in environmental issues or political activism of some sort - to reduce it to something more populist in terms of sing-alongs or guitar songs with a message.” WantPoliticalSongTermCreativityIssuesSacrificeInvolvedMessagesMusicianEnvironmentalGuitarActivismGet InvolvedPopulistEnvironmental IssuesPolitical Activism Author:Eyvind Kang
“It is true that veganism is a serious issue, but there should be fun involved. Why do anything if it doesn't bring some joy at the end of the day?” IfsShouldEndsJoyFunIssuesSeriousInvolvedThe End Of The DayVeganismSerious Issues Author:Sharon Gannon
“I would love to see a revival of what we had against the war in the '60s - we could do these teach-ins on the internet, live and split screen, and have real in-depth debate between people that are on the "other" side of issues - nuclear, gun control, whatever. We could really be having a much more democratically involved and exciting debate with people emailing their questions and having a virtual town meeting.” PeopleWarRealSidesTeachIssuesInternetInvolvedGunExcitingTownsMeetingsDepthScreensNuclearDebateSplitsGun ControlRevival Author:Bonnie Raitt
“Gord [Downie] does so much Waterkeeper stuff. They were involved in [protesting clearcuts at] Clayoquot Sound [in the early '90s]. It's hard sometimes to use the capital you have as a beloved rock band and put it to various causes, especially when they're a bit more controversial, like energy issues.” DoeSometimesHardUseEnergyCausesStuffBitsSoundIssuesRocksInvolvedBandVariousBelovedControversialRock Bands Author:Sarah Harmer
“My struggles have been around protecting our air quality, protecting people from mercury in fish. I was very involved in the effort to get the FDA to recognize that mercury in fish is a real health issue and the FDA, you know, needed to be on that. But they were very tight with the fishing industry and did not want the public to be aware in the same way that they later didn't want the public to be aware of the problems with Vioxx, and they sat on the studies for many years and allowed 140,000 people to develop heart disease.” PeopleKnowsWayWantYearsHeartHas BeensRealProblemEffortQualityStruggleStudyIssuesAirIndustryNeededInvolvedDiseaseFishesSatFishingMercuryHeart DiseaseFdaMy StruggleHealth IssuesAir Quality Author:Jill Stein
“Health care has become a proxy for a broader set of issues about how much government should be involved in our economy, particularly coming off a huge economic crisis.” ShouldGovernmentCareEconomyIssuesEconomicHugeInvolvedCrisisHealth CareEconomic CrisisProxy Author:Barack Obama
“I think we need to address greenhouse gas emissions. But I try to get involved in issues where I see a legislative result... So I just leave the issue alone because I don't see a way through it, and there are certain fundamentals, for example nuke power, that people on the left will never agree with me on. So why should I waste my time when I know the people on the left are going to reject nuclear power?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsShouldTryingCertainLeftResultsIssuesExampleInvolvedWasteAgreeFundamentalsNuclearMy TimeAddressesGasRejectsShould IGet InvolvedEmissionsGreenhousesNuclear PowerGreenhouse GasesWasting My TimeNukes Author:John McCain
“My mom used to get involved with the Black Panther activities in Los Angeles. For me it was more about how to view my consciousness on these issues with a biblical framework.” UsedBlackViewsConsciousnessIssuesMomInvolvedActivityMy MomLos AngelesBiblicalFrameworkGet InvolvedPanthersBlack Panther Author:Sho Baraka
“Everything that we [with Shindzo Abe] are talking about has come to us as a result of the events of 70 years ago. In some way or other, during these 70 years we have been involved in some kind of dialogue on the issue, and that includes the conclusion of a peace treaty.” WayYearsKindHas BeensResultsTalkingIssuesEventsInvolvedYears AgoDialogueConclusionTreatiesAbePeace Treaties Author:Vladimir Putin
“You have to develop a certain healthy distance to allow you to keep a clear head, to be able to analyse the situation, lead your team, and move forward with them, because there are times if I'm not careful... if you get too involved, it will consume you; it will consume you, and you will not be good to your team; the issues you are dealing with.” IfsAbleMovingCertainSituationIssuesClearTeamInvolvedHealthyDistanceCarefulBe GoodMoving ForwardClear Head Author:Kofi Annan
“You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there.” TermIssuesInvolvedHappeningsLocalsNeighborhood Author:Barack Obama
“When I started to get involved in the crime issue, people said, "it's a local issue." I said, "No, there are lots of ways the federal government can help." And the best way the federal government can help, and did in the Crime Bill, is to find programs that work around the country and help them spread.” PeopleWaySaidCountryHelpingGovernmentIssuesCrimeInvolvedProgramBillsSpreadLocalsBest WayFederal GovernmentGet Involved Author:Charles Schumer
“I'm coming to a sense of a women's movement which was extraordinarily important in the struggle for freedom in Ireland and immediately afterwards, but then some of those women who were involved in the movement got involved in representative positions and perhaps some of them got a bit distanced from the grassroots issues. But also the women's movement itself seemed to say, "No, we've got our own government, our own parties in power" and they sat back.” ImportantGovernmentBitsPartyStruggleIssuesMovementPositionInvolvedSatIrelandRepresentativesGrassrootsStruggle For Freedom Author:Mary Robinson
“What we have got to do - especially with younger people, especially with people not heavily involved in the political process - is to make sure that every morning, afternoon, and evening, they are seeing the presentation of issues that are relevant to their lives.” PeoplePoliticalProcessMorningIssuesSeeingInvolvedEveningAfternoonRelevantEvery MorningPresentation Author:Bernie Sanders