- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a really small town. I had a great friend group and an amazing community of people who were supporting and loving and moving out to L.A. it was really hard to find that. Especially just starting off my teen years.
- Encapsulate
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- Nov 07, 2020
When representation of the LBGT community was much more scarce in the media, I think there was some kind of pressure to encapsulate an entire community in a single character - this can often be a fast track to generalization and stereotypes.
- Firsthand
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nationally, more than one million Asian American entrepreneurs create jobs in their communities, helping fuel local commerce. In New York, we have seen firsthand how this community has helped drive our economy forward through hard work and ingenuity.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month provides us all an opportunity to reflect upon this community's many contributions and to celebrate its bright future.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel the need to reframe our community positively and better deaf youth's lives, and with the 'DWTS' platform, I can - but it's not enough until I win.
- Deaf People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have our own culture, our own community. A lot of people don't realize that. They just assume that deaf people are very unfortunate, very disabled, but no.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started to realize that there are a lot of people who are unaware of deaf culture, and I've been given a great platform to reframe the deaf community.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Right after college, I was trying to figure out what to do. Teach? Act? Model? Do PR for the deaf community? And now I'm doing all I dreamed of and more.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I did was sit down with the Washington State officials, with the historic preservation people, with the tribe, the local community, the port of Port Angeles, and we worked this thing out, and we protected the tribe's interest.
- Respect
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- Nov 07, 2020