We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.
The activities that went on at Camp King between 1946 and the late 1950s have never been fully accounted for by either the Department of Defense or the CIA.
My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.
I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.
Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.
From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, there's going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.
As children, my siblings and I were actively discouraged from acting. I have no memories of going on set with my parents - aside from 'Gulliver's Travels.'
The activity of loving kindness is the bridge that allows you to slowly, slowly realise the wisdom and perfection of this moment.
I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. It's always been a part of me.
When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.
I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional career.
Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.
The only way back toward a democracy and economy that work for the majority is for most of us to get politically active once again, becoming organized and mobilized.
Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they're active and they talk about it.
If women are being oppressed in Egypt or children are being forced to join armies in the Congo, for example, it is not only acceptable but wonderful for Americans to be concerned, outraged, and active.
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