#participating

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. ↗

— Joan Blades

#communities #crowd #different #either #individuals

People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in this pool of common meaning which is capable of constant development and change. ↗

— David Bohm

#change #common #constant #development #interacting

I wrote so much about fandom and participation for NPR that I eventually realized my most fertile way of participating in music is to actually play it, at least in a way that made the most sense to me. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#actually #eventually #fertile #i #least

Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard. ↗

— David Petraeus

#accept #al #become #been #clear

The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#advertising #become #combination #community #interesting

And the annual meetings of the League's Assembly are in effect official peace congresses binding on the participating states to an extent that most statesmen a quarter of a century ago would have regarded as utopian. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#annual #assembly #binding #century #congresses

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government. ↗

— Gerald F. Lieberman

#delude #elections #government #held #into

Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone else's dream. ↗

— John Malkovich

#acting #actor #dream #dreams #else

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#avoid #become #camera #i #i am

This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we're not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there. ↗

— George Takei

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