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		If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can't just treat those symptoms in isolation . We have to heal that entire community.
	
	  Barack Obama Barack Obama
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		Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people - the extended family - the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.
	
	  Lamman Rucker Lamman Rucker
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		I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the words 'gay community.' Expunge that expression from your vocabulary. We are not a community.
	
	  Larry Kramer Larry Kramer
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		Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It gave our slang a certain elegance.
	
	  Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds
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		In December of 2001, after September 11th, my wife, Jane Rosenthal, and Robert DeNiro asked me if I would help them create the Tribeca Film Festival. The idea was to revitalize lower Manhattan. We would show films on piers, in high schools. It was all about the community. We wanted it to be accessible to everybody.
	
	  Craig Hatkoff Craig Hatkoff
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		You want to buy cars and houses and castles, all of that's on you and how America has systematized your mind to be into materialism. Hip-hop ain't got nothing to do with that. I'm glad that anybody making money has picked themselves up - I just want them to give some of it back to the community.
	
	  Afrika Bambaataa Afrika Bambaataa
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		What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I think that's a fantastic thing. In Europe, being principal conductor means merely that you're the person who does most of the concerts. For me, that simply isn't enough.
	
	  Jeffrey Tate Jeffrey Tate
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		The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old.
	
	  Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar
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		It's a great meeting place, community center, art gallery, singles bar, music venue. The record store really covers a lot of ground.
	
	  Gary Calamar Gary Calamar
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		Victoria is proudly the multicultural capital of Australia; we have a diverse, harmonious community.
	
	  Denis Napthine Denis Napthine
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		A community of Jesus which seeks to hide itself has ceased to follow him. 'Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on the stand.' … The bushel may be the fear of men, or perhaps deliberate conformity to the world for some ulterior motive.
	
	  Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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		I realized that becoming a doctor, I can only help a small community. But by becoming a politician, I can help my whole country.
	
	  Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai
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		Racing is what I live for, and it makes my world go around. Having said that, without the support of the diabetes community, I may not have gotten back into the race car after my diagnosis in October 2007.
	
	  Charlie Kimball Charlie Kimball
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		We put on shows at Golden Gate Park with the Dead and Jefferson Airplane, and the groups were part of the community they emerged out of, not some superstars. We had multiple stages, diversions, communal entertainment. There is something slightly fascistic about sitting in a huge auditorium focusing all the energy on one group far away on stage.
	
	  Peter Coyote Peter Coyote
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		In Sheffield, we need support from the community and for the community. We need integration with no loss of heritage, and a clear appreciation of what is and is not acceptable.
	
	  David Blunkett David Blunkett
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		A college degree is not essential, but if you're already in college, and if it's at all possible, you should definitely try to finish. In college, you have a very supportive community right there, and it can give you opportunities to try out new things.
	
	  K. Flay K. Flay