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On celebrity activism: You don`t want to be a spokesperson unless you are absolutely committed to a cause because you can hurt it. I`ve been asked to help represent environmental groups. I`m a big proponent of cleaning up the environment. I have two electric cars. But I also have a big weak spot because I`ve flown on private jets. However, I welcome any of these dumb pundits who make celebrities out to be bad guys to a discussion about Darfur. Because I`ve been there and I`ve met all the players, and I guarantee you the pundits haven`t.

- George Clooney

I`m a big proponent of having a mental health component go along with whatever the physical realities are.

- Alan Thicke

I am a big proponent of water. We do water while we exercise at all points in time. During any competition or while we are on the practice field, we supply water in copious amounts.

- Bob Howard

In the last 40 years, we can consider Mother Olga as the greatest proponent of the religion of the Orixas in all Brazil ,

- Gilberto Gil

In the last 40 years, we can consider Mother Olga as the greatest proponent of the religion of the Orixas in all Brazil .

- Gilberto Gil

I`m not a big proponent of equipment, ... If I was going to put together a home studio for myself, I`d probably have dumbbells, a bench, a stability ball, bands, and something to help with balance and core strength.

- Ron Miller

I`m really a proponent of the `old economy` stocks; that`s mostly what I own,

- David Mills

Everyone is a proponent of strong encryption.

- Alana Russo

The bureaucracy is not great. I don`t think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.

- Alexander Hamilton

I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project.

- Ali Alatas

I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided.

- Amadeu Altafaj Tardio

During this period, I became interested in how the new techniques of cloning and sequencing DNA could influence the study of genetics and I was an early and active proponent of the Human Genome Sequencing Project.

- Andres Martinez

I`m a big proponent of harm reduction,

- Anthony Corrado

I`ve always been a proponent of having players spend a year or two in the minors. It could be a tremendous boost to his confidence, and his level of play.

- Anthony Vasiliou