Quotes About Community

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.

I rebel at the notion that I can't be part of other groups, that I can't construct identities through elective affinity, that race must be the most important thing about me. Is that what I want on my gravestone: Here lies an African American?

The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.

One of the most important things you learn from the Internet is that there is no 'them' out there. It's just an awful lot of 'us.'

I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people can grow stronger in the spirit and be able to integrate the emotional struggles in their spiritual journeys.

Just having what's important, to have people around you to support and take care of you. That's the most important thing when you are a professional athlete.

I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35.

To me, Harlem is one of the most important places on the earth, particularly when it comes to talking about African Americans.

Education is the most important thing and a lot of kids in south London get distracted from education.

One of the most important parts of my life has been community.

The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.

We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is.

When companies are trying to find a state to locate a new business or factory, they look at a number of factors - including tax structure, employment base, infrastructure, education system, etc. One of the most important is a strong and sound health care system in the communities where employees will work and live.

The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America.

I'd say friendships are one of the most important things in football.

The most important thing is to try and help the team.

The one thing I do know about Oakland fans is it doesn't really matter where they are, in my opinion, I still feel like they're gonna be die-hard Raider fans because it's in their blood, it's in their DNA.

The one thing I have never been comfortable with in the modern presentation of character - and it may have changed, this is some years ago - is their total isolation from the rest of the world. It's all about superheroes interacting with superheroes. There's no normal life. No normal people.

Nothing unifies people more than music, more than that universal riff. The one thing that unifies us and the hope that we can have, especially being an artist, is that we can create music that can build bridges and smash down very bad ideas.

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government.

The one thing about internet language, people join it, and what quickly evolves is an 'internet dialect,' as it were.

The one thing we learned about community - you can't force community.

When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.