Hannah Simone Quotes

I think we're always doing something for teenagers and youngsters because BTS originally performed itself as a socially conscious band. We always wanted to sell our performances like we did with our debut.

I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand enough, they'll do wonders. I count on them.

I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

There are ways that we can manipulate the corporate media to talk about the issues that we care about.

I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference.

You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that... there is a limit to what that accomplishes.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political.

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.

Children have in the past and continue to influence policy makers.

Rarely do celebrities and actors speak up for what they believe in.

Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women's rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what's going on in Africa - it stops us from thinking in general.

I never get involved in policy. Never.

To be a policy eunuch is just not a viable option in this day and age.

The fact that television is raising our moral conscience is a good thing.

When I was a teenager, I was very political.

We need to get young people excited about politics, excited about government.

My Millennials, 'stay woke'.

I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.

I love how close you are to current affairs and social issues here in England. Out in L.A., you have to make an effort to look outside that little microcosm. It's almost like it's a virtual reality to imagine a problem there.

To call someone like me a writer-activist suggests that it's not the job of a writer to write about the society in which they live. But it used to be our job.

What pushes me forward is everything I have learned: political, social, cultural. I put all that into the clothes.

I think, in my own life, I'm pretty political. I think I have some very strong ideals, and I struggle a lot with it. I struggle a lot with feeling like, 'I have a platform; should I be saying more?'

We know that when people are civically engaged, when they understand what their rights are, when they understand that in a democracy you can challenge governments, you can challenge policymakers, and you can... actually shape and form future policy, I think it changes the perception that a lot of young people have about where power is.