Hector Bellerin Quotes

If we don't challenge each other to use our platforms for better than our niches or what our quote-unquote brand is, what are we doing as influencers? If we can't activate our audiences at the times it's important or needed, then what do we have these platforms for?

I think anyone with a voice should use it. I think a lot of people could, and should, do a lot more.

I think that the more people who speak out, and say things and take stands on positions that will better our community, the better off each and every other individual artist or otherwise, will be.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.

When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate.

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action.

I don't think there is a single social issue I haven't spoken on.

… we should remember that the real power behind international as well as national progress towards better conditions is public opinion

One of the things that I've always not liked is the modern players have always concentrated on dancing in the end zone and BSing when serious things were going on in this country that needed to be changed. So my opinion is that when these young people stand up and risk their careers, that's a good sign for everything and all of us.

I'm not quite sure precisely when social and political activism became a visible brand of my DNA, but it seems to me that I was born into it. It is hard to be born into the experience in the world of poverty and not develop some instinct for survival and resistance to those things that oppress you.

I think my mom exposed me to the concept of using your voice for anything you care about.

It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated.

We should be aware and constantly having conversations about the world because that's how you change it from the bigger standpoint rather than acutely trying to change things.

We cannot effect meaningful change if we become complacent, if we become comfortable with our own positions in the status quo.

People don't really understand how important our voices are. I think there's a lot of athletes that don't use their power that really should.

Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.

I try to use my influence and empower my community to always question the status quo - whether it relates to broader policy issues or YouTube gossip.

My mother said, 'Did you ever believe you would be an activist?' I said, 'No, not really.' But I just felt in my heart that I needed to step up and be a leader in the forefront.

It's important to think about the bigger picture, especially if we are given these platforms. We can make a difference.

I will never shy away from social issues in my books - or in my everyday life.

It's an artist's choice to speak up about social issues, but I think it's really important, and my favorite artists have spoken out.