Taboo Quotes

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

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

We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

I love individuals who care about what's going on the world and how we can help make it a better place.

I grew up in a household where we talked about the state of the world over breakfast, lunch and dinner.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.

I've had some interesting roles along the way, but they tend to be cause-driven. They're always about something. There isn't time for character work as an actor because you're fighting the cause or mourning the child or fighting the disease, etc.

I've been a critic of the antiglobalization movement, and they've been a critic of me, but the one thing I respect about the movement is their authentic energy. These are not people who don't care about the world.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.

I'm from a very politically and socially conscious family. My mother always made a point of making us look at what was going on around us and take stock of our part in it.

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

I think having kids just makes you want to do things to help people. You have children, and you see how fragile and innocent and helpless they are when they first start out. If they are going to be a victim of whatever they are surrounded by, I just do everything I can to try to make whatever change I can.

We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice.

If I'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then I definitely want to do that.

I was able to realize that I definitely want to make sure that I use my voice, as it gets bigger and bigger, in the world for good.

I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's all that matters.' But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening.

I think I've done a good job of trying to figure out ways to continue to use my voice and platform for the right things.

I'd say it's okay to be political and to be a writer. Those streams can be separate, and they can be connected; for me, they're both. Life is political, and I'm interested in my community and in a lot of issues - some of them American, some global.

We must show there is good in society. If you read the newspapers, you think there are only crooks in this world, but that's not true.