Civically Minded Quotes

#1. I grew up in a politically aware household: very civically-minded, good Minnesota liberals.

Alex Pareene

#2. Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being compassionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents.

Phil Jackson

#3. My mother and father ... raised nine of us and taught each to do our best ... We tried.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver

#4. This is where the whole thing entered into a vicious cycle, for her proximity always inebriated the hearts, thus only deepening their desire to remain hostages in the cage so that they could booze even more on that beauty.

Pawan Mishra

#5. Vehemence without feeling is but rant.

George Henry Lewes

#6. Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know.

Sue Grafton

#7. Justification by faith is the hinge on which all true religion turns.

John Calvin

#8. As long as there's this welfare state of ours we're not going to have any good fighters

Tommy Farr

#9. As a native Washingtonian, I am well aware that childhood obesity is a real problem in our nation's capital.

Daniel Snyder

#10. A movie about a weak, vulnerable woman can be feminist if it shows a real person that we can empathize with.

Natalie Portman

#11. I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

Mario Batali