Quotes About Community

I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood

I probably have more friends from 'Twilight' than I've ever had in my whole life.

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

The richest treasure God has for you are the people in your life. Give thanks and don't take them for granted.

In my walks of life, I've understood that it takes more than one person to think of achieving a goal, and it takes more than one or two players, to get you out of the position you're in.

What I like about Britain is that I can live a normal life here.

My support system is simple - people and time. The miracle of other people in your life.

Your understanding of a place changes the longer you stay; you discover more, and your own life gets woven into the fabric of the community.

A man without a home can't be lost.

I didn't want to be president; I didn't want to be governor; I didn't want to be a congress person. I just wanted to be mayor of the city of Detroit. I lived there my entire life.

I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life, and to many people it is the only kind of social life worth participating in.

I study the bible regularly, meet with older wiser mentors weekly, and keep a group of guys in my life who challenge me spiritually. That keeps me moving.

Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life.

Later on in life I was like, "Wow!" because that's exactly how it was. They don't care that you're mixed. They see you as one color.

Neither democracy nor effective representation is possible until each participant in the group...devotes a measurable part of his life to furthering its existence.

Genuine [economic] value lies in the power to sustain or enrich life

As far as depths of geekiness... I have more friends in World of Warcraft than I do in real life!

I part-own a bookshop for some strange coincidence of reasons, and it is one of the best things I part-own in my life, or own in my life. I do not know, it just feels great.

Again, I'm used to speaking to a lot of people; I have a lot of friends and family, and I perform music and speak in front of a lot of crowds. So I share with people already a lot in my life.

In general, American social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don't, in any vital sense, get together; they only do things together.

I am willing to make any part of my life public, if it will help others.

I did not want to reject religion as nonsense because life seemed to have no ultimate purpose without it, and most of the good people I knew were Christians.