Sonia Rykiel Quotes

I'm a sort of political person, and I feel that there's a kind of ineradicably political dimension to theater, to all theater, whether it's overtly political or not.

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.

I'm very political and I'm not ashamed of it, and I think having the platform I have, I want to take advantage of that.

There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record.

I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life.

What I always try to do is make the political personal.

I don't play politics; I don't do that. I think there's too many celebrities out there claiming what they believe. I think it's our job to get people out to study the issues and to know what they believe and what they want to vote for.

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

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political.

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems.

Hollywood has always been political. They consider it their right and duty to tell us what is politically good and right.

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.

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

I think the good thing about Macklemore is that he is very precise about what he gets involved in. As you can tell, he's very passionate about what he puts his name on, because he talks about things people don't usually talk about, and his concepts are very, very passionate.

I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.

I think I brush the surface of being involved politically with the issues and the personalities in the news.

I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.

I have a very strong political outlook, and that is something I'd like to take more responsibility for in my life. I don't believe in utilising certain aspects of the power I have with celebrity to push that forward, but I would like to make some films that address some of those political issues.

To show that a comedian on stage in India talking about sanitation or in South Africa talking about HIV and AIDS awareness, if you follow the joke into their lives, you can see that, like, oh, these things aren't just contrived in joke books. This is real life. I think the best comedians have that bravery and courage to say, Oh, this is what it is.

Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.

People in my world can be disdainful of political and social problems and solutions. But we're never going to stop needing those.

I can't enter into politico-social subjects with any interest, for on the whole, I see that things are in a muddle, and I have no power or vocation to set them right in ever so little a degree.

We are not apathetic in this country.

I don't feel that I'm particularly political. I'm interested in politics; I'll express my view if I feel strongly about something, but humanitarian issues, I think, are slightly different.