Quotes About Community

I believe that we have a duty to look frankly at the social conditions around us and to work to do what we can to address the specific needs which we find.

My view is I should have been Miss Massillonian, and I wasn't. I think the reason I wasn't was because I was black. Frankly, I was told later I should have been. But they were afraid if they elected a black girl as Miss Massillonian, it would have been a scandal.

Coaching is really a big fraternity. You can get in if you know the right people.

That's one of the things I like about our business: our fraternity of coaches. As competitive as it is, guys find time to share when they can.

Yes, I think I have some good knowledge of India. I have lots of Indian friends in the chess fraternity.

I was born and raised in Manhattan; I didn't realize that I, in all my androgyny, was a freak to the rest of this country.

My parents were very, very good about not separating us as kids from their adult friends. So on any given night, we'd have, like, this kind of freak show - artists and art dealers coming over. And these are the people I feel like I learned from.

Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.

How do I let go of Maplewood? It's like Shangri-la. It's so culturally diverse, and all my children are adopted - a transracial family. And we're not the freaks. Everybody flies their freak flag high in Maplewood!

My high-school friends and I felt part of a community of smart, forward-looking space and technology freaks.

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

If you didn't know Fred Claire, you didn't know anyone.

Basically, on the question of Europe, I want to see a social Europe, a cohesive Europe, a coherent Europe, not a free market Europe.

Imageboards are the most important medium for free speech on the Internet.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

Growing up in the Raleigh theater scene was a big factor in developing the ability, which I have now, to be freely me.

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.

The anglophones are Quebecers, as are the French, as are the new Quebecers.

I think that in France, we should do like the French people.

In my own life I'm frequently in predominantly white atmospheres.

I was the face of Louisville, as a freshman.

There is never anyone quite so wonderful as the people who were seniors when you were a freshman.

North of England, you're brought up on fish and chips. Friday or Saturdays every week, it was a treat.

If you've seen 'Friday Night Lights' - that was just like my town.