David Garrow Quotes

I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.

I've been an Obama supporter since he announced he was campaigning. I was aware of him as a senator, but I wasn't as engaged as I probably should've been.

I think it's very important of course that you're politically aware of what you do.

I'm not one of those people for which politics is my sole preoccupation.

Since an early age I was taught to be very politically aware and knew from childhood that the process was something I wanted to contribute towards if I could.

I am such a political person.

I learned a lot about America and a lot about Pat Schroeder, and that's why I will not be a candidate for President.

I haven't been very active in politics.

There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.

I'm not a political animal, I'm a curious animal.

I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.

I'm very literate on policy. I'm very literate on the issues, and I'm an American first. I've been involved in politics long before I was an actress. I just happen to have a platform now. I just happen to have a voice.

I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told me never do that again. And he was right. I have nothing to add to a political conversation because it's not my area.

I'm not one of those actors that knows everything about politics.

I'm not a political guy.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people.

I know the good from the bad, also the in-between, but I was never political.

It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician.

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

You can get a bit bored of finding out about yourself. I know nothing about politics, for instance. There's nothing that's stopped me picking up a newspaper in the past, and it's something I really should start to do.

I didn't grow up in politics.

I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it.

From the moment I came out of the womb, I have been a political animal.