It's funny how most activists are pacifists.
I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.
I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.
Normally, I would do research. For The Constant Gardener, I played an activist, so I went to meet activists. You can find them dotted around. But with The Brothers Bloom, I couldn't meet a nutty heiress who lived in a bubble in a mansion. There was no one to meet. So this was just an active imagining, a daydream.
Activist judges and local officials in some parts of the country are not letting up in their efforts to redefine marriage for the rest of America-and neither should defenders of traditional marriage flag in their efforts.
Smile, breathe and go slowly. " - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen monk, author and peace activist.
Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.
I want to be an activist professor.
An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.
I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.
It never hurts to be involved in any political or activist organization. I can never see how participation would be a bad thing. The key is being true to what you participate with and who.
We can all become activists and raise questions.
I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little.
My advice for people is to love the world they are in, in whatever way makes sense to them. It may be a devotional practice, it may be song or poetry, it may be by gardening, it may be as an activist, scientist, or community leader. The path to restoration extends from our heart to the heart of sentient beings, and that path will be different for every person.
I'm an activist and I come from a very socialist background. For me, my thinking was formed by great thought leaders. And wealth preserving wasn't part of my thinking.
A judicial activist is a judge who interprets the Constitution to mean what it would have said if he, instead of the Founding Fathers, had written it.
I'm not a gay rights activist.
I think I've always had an activist stance, yet at the same time, the other side of me - and this is where some people just don't get it, or they'd prefer it if the work was a lot uglier, a lot louder - I have this personality where I just want to put something out that's a fact and then let you interpret it. It's almost as if you might barely notice it, you might walk right by it, but you have to pay attention.
I hope to continue to be an activist for kids and teenagers and especially girls who are living with HIVAIDS, because all over the world, people don't have the same rights that we do in the United States.
I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.