Engaging Quotes

• Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.

  Irving Howe

  Reality, Imagination, Leaving

  Irving Howe (1995). “A Critic's Notebook”, Harvest Books

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• As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

  Alan Thicke

  Children, Father, Responsibility

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• Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

  Bodhidharma

  Ignorance, Stupidity

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.51, Macmillan

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• The shiny red color of the soles has no function other than to identify to the public that they are mine. I selected the color because it is engaging, flirtatious, memorable, and the color of passion.

  Christian Louboutin

  Passion, Memorable, Color

  "Sole Mate" by Lauren Collins, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2011.

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• Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right-of-way--insist on it. They swerve away at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forwards, no time for a victory grin, already engaging in another contest of will. Saigon traffic is Vietnamese life, a continuous charade of posturing, bluffing, fast moves, tenacity and surrenders.

  Andrew X. Pham

  Party, Moving, Fighting

  Andrew X. Pham (2010). “Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam”, p.75, Macmillan

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• Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.5, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Our view is that economic isolationism is the wrong way to go. Vibrant, successful growing economies that advance the interests of their citizens engage the global economy. And, we're committed to engaging the global economy.

  John W. Snow

  Successful, Views, Citizens

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• The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Writing, Two, Familiar

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• Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

  Robert Frost

  Icy, Cowardice

  Robert Frost (2016). “The Letters of Robert Frost”, p.402, Harvard University Press

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• Now is the time to draw a clean, clear, bright line and say if you are engaging in speech over the Internet you do not have to check with your lawyer or your accountant. You are a free American, and you have the opportunity to engage in free speech over the Internet.

  John Doolittle

  Opportunity, Lines, Speech

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• Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap.

  Richard Codey

  Dog, Years, Tails

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• One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities.

  Fred F. Fielding

  Regret, Illegal Activities, People

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• I see harm reduction as a way of engaging people as part of that path to recovery.

  Paul R. Ehrlich

  Recovery, People, Way

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• There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen.

  Edward Zwick

  Movie, Inspiring, People

  "Blood Diamond: Interview with Director Ed Zwick". Interview with Emanuel Levy, emanuellevy.com. November 14, 2006.

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• The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.

  Harrison Ford

  Focus And Concentration, Meditation, Flying

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• Dozens of nations have agreed to join in monitoring and, if necessary, intercepting and boarding ships on the high seas in the event they are suspected of engaging in one or both of these threatening activities.

  Frank Gaffney

  Sea, Events, Dozen

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• Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition.

  Orrin Hatch

  Technology, Practice, Competition

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• Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

  Margaret Halsey

  Character, People, Littles

  Margaret Halsey (1938). “With Malice Toward Some”

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• Quality afterschool programs provide safe, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Children, Fun, Emotional

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• I hate it when people use sex as a weapon against the people who are engaging in it. It's so hypocritical.

  Mira Sorvino

  Sex, Hate, People

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• People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways.

  Vaclav Klaus

  Party, Goal, People

  "No Third Way Out: An Interview with Vaclav Klaus". Interview with John Fund, reason.com. June 1, 1990.

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• 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

  Song, Stories, Behinds

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• An adventure game is nothing more than a good story set with engaging puzzles that fit seamlessly in with the story and the characters, and looks and sounds beautiful.

  Roberta Williams

  Beautiful, Travel, Adventure

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• If you are a friend of the Constitution as I am, I hope you will consider engaging me in the topics of my posts whether you agree or disagree with my position on a particular subject.

  John Jay Hooker

  Topics, Constitution, Economy

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• I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.

  Lesley Garrett

  Right Now

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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