#actively

So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#assent #authority #canons #clergy #constitution

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me. ↗

— Elijah Wood

#age #change #definitely #help #help people

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#always #behind #engaging #even #haven

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#best #lunatics #mad #most #people

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#begins #gratitude #himself #his #indebtedness

There is this idea that appealing to youth is the only way forward. But that is no longer the case. Youth is not everything. Now we have all the baby-boomers in their 60s, like me, who are actively engaged in life - we're not retiring, we're not just being put out to grass once we hit 60. ↗

— Julie Walters

#appealing #being #case #engaged #everything

I've tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed. ↗

— David Alan Grier

#define #i #myself #pigeonholed #redefine

Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#apart #both #carry #difficulty #heads

The only thing I do on a computer is play Texas Hold 'Em, really. Obviously my cell phone is a computer. My car is a computer. I'm on computers every day without actively seeking them out. ↗

— John Hawkes

#car #cell #cell phone #computer #computers