- I Am
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Community Quotes
Community is built, not just found.
These quotes cover community at different scales - a performer discovering their craft through local theater, the identity and security that comes from a shared racial or cultural community, and comedians building connection through shared inside jokes. Related reading in Communities Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mother
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background.
- Lose
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The kids you turn your backs on when you take away their stories are the ones who lose, as well as you as a community of adults who may appear to fear their truths.
- Night
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
We saw a need to develop a community for artists to get their music out to the masses. With MySpace, when they went out on tour, they could actually tour nationally. The band might have 20,000 friends on their list and send out a bulletin saying, 'I'm going to be in Austin on Tuesday night. Come see our show.'
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Small business is crucial. I think we talk so much about large businesses, they're well represented; they talk well for themselves. But most people work for small businesses; most wealth that stays in a community gets generated from them.
- End
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I love the theater community and theater life, and would love to figure out the distinctive differences between Broadway and the West End.
- More
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In ancient China, self-government was highly developed both in community life and in personal life. The custom of mutual protection and assistance was widespread. The organization and regulations of local self-government were clearly defined and strictly applied. Individual self-control was even more strongly emphasized.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that this is not only the view of the people on both sides of the Strait. It is also the common expectation of the US, Japan and the international community.
- Control
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
If a superhero is a community superhero, then is he going to protect his community by controlling everything? If he decides to control crime, does that make him a crime boss? Does that make him a criminal?
- Change
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When you're a black superhero, you can't erase the notion that you're black. If you're black, living in the community, and you want to change things, there are going to be things that happen. That's true of anybody. I mean, you could use celebrity as a similar metaphor.
- Man
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.
- Money
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think we've found a better solution on North Haven and Vinalhaven: Instead of paying increasing expensive electric bills every month, with the money going out of our community, out of state, and even out of the country, the wind turbines bring the promise of decades of steady rates with the money staying right here.
- Live
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I live on an island, and my community is served by a ferry that goes three times a day.
- Direct Connection
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that with podcasts, a lot of things are about fostering and having a direct connection with the community.
- Experience
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I got expelled from high school, and then did my exams from home. I decided, through that experience, that I was going to expediate my plan and didn't go to university. Instead, I went to a community college and studied the theory and history of film with the idea that I wanted to write and direct.
- I Am
- |
- Nov 07, 2020