Community Quotes
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A lot of native culture has been destroyed. So you already feel lost inside your culture. And then you add up feeling lost and insignificant inside the larger culture. So you end up feeling lost squared. And to never be recognized, to never have any power, you know, other minority communities actually have a lot of economic, cultural power.
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Americans have their issues with skin colour, even within the black community, with light and dark skin; it's crazy - but no one's oblivious to it.
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Giving back is always something I'm doing - I'm honored for this, to always give back to the community.
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When you're buying a pair of TOMS, if you don't feel like you're part of a community, then I've failed.
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My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me.
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Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected to the larger culture is a reflection of the degree to which the community itself is connected to the larger culture.
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We're working better with China than we ever have. We are determined to take care of South Korea, which is why we have our mission there, working and that, as well. And then we're going to continue to take care of Japan. The entire international community isolate North Korea and let them know that this nuclear tests not acceptable.
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What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America.
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It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both faiths have at their heart the living image of a community raised up by God's call to reveal to the world what God's purpose is for humanity.
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Those of us who are writers and have to perform to communities that aren't used to coming to book events, I would recommend taking some theater.
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Acting a part is not always synonymous with lying; it is far often the best way of serving the truth. It is more truthful to act what we should feel if the community is to be well served rather than behave as we actually do feel in our selfish private feelings.
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I’m looking to have an amazing experience and learn what I can. I’ll figure out a way to be involved in my community, give back, grow, who knows, I might even make some money after serving all these years on City Council.
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Go out and make your own speeches. People need you. Go on TV. It can be done. After you speak up a few times, people say, "Hey, we got a crazy man in the community," and they'll begin talking to you.
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The quality of rhetoric emanating from the psychedelic community must improve radically. If it does not, we will forfeit the reclamation of our birthright and all opportunity for exploring the psychedelic dimension will be closed off.
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Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.
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It goes without saying that the stability of the Middle East is the foundation for peace and prosperity for the world, and of course for Japan. Should we leave terrorism or weapons of mass destruction to spread in this region, the loss imparted upon the international community would be immeasurable.
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Safe Routes to School is one with great potential to get children walking and biking to school again. The program uses federal grants to make road and sidewalk repairs aimed at getting kids to school safely on foot or bicycle. The money also supports efforts to get the community, school officials and others involved.
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You can be an artist, work hard for your work and also share while trying to create community with other artists.
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The shaman is a very peculiar figure. He is critical to the functioning of the psychological and social life of his community, but in a way he is always peripheral to it. He lives at the edge of the village. He is only called upon in matters of great social crisis. He is feared and respected. And this might be a description of these hallucinogenic substances.
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The web really does make the music audience a global community - when I send a tweet, I get responses from Kansas City all the way to Singapore. It's changed my goals as far as touring goes. I wanna play everywhere now.
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An election is just a romance writ large, with an entire community, rather than a single woman, as the object of one's pursuit.
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We want to govern with our indigenous ancestors' models: That means a different concept of participation, community work and honesty.
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WWE is not just about fighting; we're about the community.
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The gift economy represents a shift from consumption to contribution, transaction to trust, scarcity to abundance and isolation to community.
