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• Even though the money is great and the fame is great, you still have a lot of disenfranchised young men that are participating in the NFL that are not very happy. A lot of them are very bitter. A lot them are very angry. So many of them have had no fathers and no home life, and basically, no education.

  Jim Brown

  Father, Home, Men

  "Q&A with Jim Brown". Interview with Charles Robinson, www.yahoo.com. November 30, 2006.

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• I felt permanently exiled from 'normality.' Whether imposed by self or society, this outsider status - and not the disability itself - constitutes the most daunting barrier for most people with physical impairments, because it, even more than flights of steps or elevators without braille, prevents them from participating fully in the ordinary world, where most of life's satisfactions dwell.

  Nancy Mairs

  Self, Ordinary World, People

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• I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.

  Sherman Alexie

  Selfish, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Joelle Fraser, ir.uiowa.edu. 2000.

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• There is something about participating; it is almost my religion. If the world is still here in 100 years, people will know the importance of participating, not just being spectators. Millions of small groups around the world, that don't necessarily all agree with one another, are made up of people who are not just sitting back waiting for someone to do things for them. No one can prove anything, but of course if I didn't believe it had some kind of power, I wouldn't be trying to do it.

  Pete Seeger

  Believe, Years, People

  Source: peoplesworld.org

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• The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.

  Laurie Colwin

  People, Meals, Kind

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• Services provided to individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens are not basic and should not be guaranteed. An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia.

  Ezekiel Emanuel

  Example, Citizens, Becoming

  "Palin target renounces care rationing" by Jon Ward, www.washingtontimes.com. August 14, 2009.

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• I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world inside out. And this starts right now.

  JR

  Art, Together, Wish

  "My wish: Use art to turn the world inside out". TED Prize 2011, www.ted.com. March 2011.

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• It is really gratifying, for example, to visit India now and see that because they've had good educational institutions, and they've had a focus on it, there are more and more people in India participating in the world economy.

  Bill Gates

  Educational, People, Focus

  "Keynote Address to the Creating Digital Dividends Conference". voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu. October 18, 2000.

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• Participating in Eurovision felt like coming home

  Conchita Wurst

  Home, Coming Home, Felt

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• We are participating in the orderly transfer of administrative authority by the direction of the people. And this is the simple magic which makes a commonplace routine a near miracle to many of the world

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Simple, People

  Ronald Reagan, Michael Reagan (2016). “The Last Best Hope: The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.7, Humanix Books

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• I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.

  William Westmoreland

  Lynching, Problem, Participation

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• Sometimes we are simply "blown away" and in awe by finding ourselves in the presence of God. Other times, however, even when we are participating in acts of kindness-complimenting others, writing a check to charity, donating time to a good cause-we are oblivious to the miracle of what is happening at that moment.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Kindness, Writing, Miracle

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• Since Im in the entertainment business, I think I have to hold a mirror up to myself and say, Am I complicit in miseducating and misinforming our youth by participating in this business, or can I use this business to re-educate and uplift?

  Hill Harper

  Uplifting, Thinking, Mirrors

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• EVOLUTIONARIES is going to help create a worldview that will influence our vision ofthe future ... and also our role in consciously participating in it.

  Deepak Chopra

  Vision, Roles, Helping

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• We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.

  William James

  Thinking, Function, Intellect

  Dr. William James (2013). “The William James Reader”, p.669, Simon and Schuster

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• The emphasis is on community, on participating in more and more programs and events, on meeting more and more people. It’s a constant tension for many introverts that they’re not living that out. And in a religious world, there’s more at stake when you feel that tension. It doesn’t feel like ‘I’m not doing as well as I’d like.’ It feels like ‘God isn’t pleased with me.’ 

  Susan Cain

  Religious, People, Community

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.66, Broadway Books

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• Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

  Vagit Alekperov

  Different, Way, Different Ways

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• 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

  Cutting, Ties, President

  Interview with Jennifer Griffin, www.foxnews.com. August 25, 2010.

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• If you want to end terrorism stop participating in it.

  Noam Chomsky

  Want, Terrorism, Ends

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• Employees are given the chance to help shape their company by participating in a company-wide communications program making suggestions on waste reduction, environmental improvement, customer satisfaction, quality improvement, and safety issues.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Issues, Safety

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• I think participating in "Gishwhes" is a crash course in facing our fears: people go to crowded shopping malls wearing scuba gear, order from a fast food restaurant in Shakespearean verse or jump out of airplanes among many other tasks.

  Misha Collins

  Airplane, Thinking, Order

  Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The hours spent viewing TV are hours not available for actively participating in the real world, or playing, or being involved with friends and family. Watching television is an individual activity that tends to discourage interaction with others; as viewing time increases, family communication time decreases. As family communication decreases, people grow more distant from each other and may even forget how to carry on a good conversation.

  Louise Hart

  Real, Communication, Interaction With Others

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• From the point of view of meditation, there is nothing that is not God. When we meditate, we are participating in a spiritual experience. We are seeing life is not perhaps as we thought, but a little bit different, vastly different.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Buddhism, Views

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• I go down to New York, do the project, and leave. I have no interest in participating in the rat race down there. Hip jazz fans know who I am. There's a generation of musicians in New York who know my records better than I do.

  Paul Smoker

  New York, Who I Am, Race

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• So I observe life a little bit, rather than participating in it.

  Jeffrey Tate

  Littles, Bits, Little Bit

  "Jeffrey Tate: 'I've had to fight all my life'" by Tom Service, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2011.

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