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Mum and Dad met campaigning on the Spanish civil war. Both were active peace campaigners. They died in 1986 and '87.
Effective cybersecurity policy will depend on active and continued collaboration between public and private sectors.
Why should someone be allowed to remain a voting member of the Academy if they are no longer active in the industry?
I'm very active on social media and see the huge impact it has on engaging with fans and being able to have a voice.
The hell with the aging process. It happens to everyone - you just keep your mind active, you keep physically active.
Some art needs to be hung on the wall and stared at inquisitively, while other pieces require a more active approach.
I've learned that creating a healthy, active environment for kids helps build the foundation for a successful future.
I'm very comfortable with tweeting, I have a very active author Facebook page, I Skype book clubs all over the world.
But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.
One problem with ideas, however valid, is that they are static and impersonal, whereas a person is active and dynamic.
The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
I'd been politically active ever since my parents wheeled me in a stroller in a 'ban the bomb' march in Boston in 1963.
I'm a big foodie, I do a lot of yoga - I love yoga - I love running... I just enjoy being really active, and traveling.
Companies need to be very active in formulating public policy - not as a substitute for government, but as a supplement.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
In my trailer, I work out with free weights and do situps and push-ups. I'm just trying to stay lean and active looking.
We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It's fun and keeps you active and moving.
Growing up, I tried to be involved in school a lot, and I had good grades. I was an active kid, and I loved being social.
I've always really liked being active. I do Spinning classes, I run, I have a trainer, I do Pilates with my sister Shade.
Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population.
I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form.
There is nothing that says you can't be active and love your community and fight for your community and still do your job.
The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.
Move with them, be active with them - whether it's swimming or scooting or bicycling or playing soccer. Engage your child.
Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
The Loro Piana man is a very active one: he works hard, and when he has time off, being close to nature is important to him.
There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.]
I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.
The word 'seek' means to go in search of, try to discover, try to acquire. It requires an active, assertive approach to life.
Generally I prefer to stay indoors and workout at the gym, but I love to be active and go hiking, do anything and everything.
Basically, Apollo was more of a mediator between Zeus in Olympus and Perseus on Earth. He played much more of an active role.
Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind.
Once I got both my hips replaced, I could start working out and going Pilates, and it's helped me be more active and youthful.
A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.
As a CEO, you have to take the active action to force most of your resources to stand idle from time to time - or go bankrupt.
I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.
Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that.
I'm not at all an active feminist. On the contrary, I'm a bourgeois. I love family life, I love doing the same thing every day.
If you look at the leading Indian IT companies, Cognizant is not active in business process outsourcing, and neither is Satyam.
Forget: Refuse to dwell; let go and loosen one's hold, particularly on memory. To forget is an active - not passive - endeavor.
Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.
My parents met when they were graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. They were both active in the civil-rights movement.
Exercise is not enough. Working out three times a week is not enough. Being active throughout the day is what keeps you healthy.
If I spend a Saturday being lazy and curled up on the couch with my dogs, I'll just make sure to get out and be active on Sunday.
I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete.
I'm Harvard-educated; I'm an economist by training. I'm an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development.
Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.