Quotes About Community

I held out the packet and suddenly we were friends. That's one of the only good things about being a smoker these days. You're part of a persecuted minority. You bond easily.

Like many wealthy Americans, he was imbued with a sense of civic responsibility

Given that Alderney isn't exactly a whirl of social activity, I'm assuming you weren't invited.

You know the trouble with this part of the world? It's full of retired bankers and lawyers with too much time on their hands.

But although it may not have occurred to you, everything that happens on this island is connected. My grandfather planted that lawn and four generations have been looking after it, keeping it perfect – not just for our pleasure but for everyone who passes.

My mum and dad were Jehovah's Witnesses, which I know sounds crazy but it's the truth. Mum used to go round the island, distributing copies of The Watchtower, door to door.' He paused. 'Do you know what her biggest tragedy was? She ran out of doors.

wonderful and reassuring about the idea that in the rush of modern life people will still come together and sit for an hour in a theatre, a gymnasium or a giant tent simply out of a love of books and reading. There's a sort of innocence about

It was probably because they sensed her unhappiness. Clarissa was all on her own. She had never married. She seemed to spend half her life in the church. He was always seeing her coming in and out. To be fair to her, she often stopped to have a chat with him but then of course she didn't really have anyone to talk to unless she was on her knees. She looked a bit like her brother, Sir Magnus

It's amazing, really, the invisible process that can turn complete strangers into friends.

That's one of the only good things about being a smoker these days. You're part of a persecuted minority. You bond easily.

It's been shut down now, part of a brilliant scheme to close half of London's police stations and reduce uniformed officers on the street that has seen a surge in knife crime and made it impossible to use a mobile phone without the risk of it being snatched by thieves on motorbikes.

The worst time to feel alone is when you're in a crowd.

A cultural ecology of violence!

Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.

We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.

We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave.

Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.

I come from a family that has grown their own food from well into times of slavery, provided for themselves and people around them. So I found, through conversations about the earth and about the house with my neighbors, a lot of common ground.

There is a perception that anganwadis are merely places where food is provided to children.

I play basketball, and I'm grateful for what the sport has provided for me and my family, but I'm even more appreciative for the voice and platform that has come along with it.

My mom's father came from a family of 11 children who came over from the island of Ischia, Italy, and settled in Providence, RI. Her mother was part of the large community of French-speaking Canadians who settled in Woonsocket, RI.

Average Americans are going to win this, not me. And not just your organization, not just the providers of health care, but the American people are going to cause this to happen. But they have to keep sending those cards and letters.

No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers.

It was in the best interests of Zavala and other counties that we move forward with a farm bill and provide certainty to ranchers, farmers, food banks, and other providers.