Quotes About Community

I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls.

My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.

We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.

We must continue to recruit progressive prosecutors to run in local elections, support those who do, and hold them accountable if they win.

Police departments are under enormous political pressure to hire based on race, despite existing efforts to recruit minorities, on the theory that doing so will decrease police shootings of minorities.

The number one thing in recruiting in terms of making it a great job is players in your own area.

I make sure in recruiting that the families know that the kids can come to me. I think that matters. I can be a mentor and a resource for them. I didn't necessarily have that all the time growing up.

People in south Manchester overwhelming want to be able to recycle more than they currently can - especially cardboard and plastics - and want more frequent and accessible collections, particularly for those living in flats.

Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.

If recycling is the future, then we must focus our efforts on mitigating negative impacts to our community while protecting our environment.

I grew up in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition, five of us living on $900 per month. 'Recycling' meant drinking out of old mayonnaise jars.

In about 2002, I moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn, to Red Hook.

Big Red Machine is really a community effort: I guess it involves almost 30 musicians. It does come out of our friendship, but it's really something that is deeply collaborative.

When you are part of a community for 14 years, it inevitably shapes you. I will always have a part of Ferrari beside me; a part of my heart will always be red.

I don't want to define New York Red Bull as one player, or one manager.

When I'm out and about or walking my dogs, United fans are coming up to me saying, 'We'd rather City win the league than Liverpool.' It's strange to hear, but I can assure you the United players aren't going to leave a red carpet and say, 'Go on, City, score past us.'

I did feel funny about being fair and having red hair and freckles. I did not like that because I grew up in a neighbourhood where no one had red hair. I felt very conspicuous but not in a nice way.

We have to redefine what we mean when we say, 'Who are your people?' 'Where are you from?'

'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.

I felt like Inglewood, being the place where I originally found my voice, would be the place where I could sort of redefine my voice.

I'm really excited about public libraries that are redefining themselves as free learning centers.

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.

I get a little freaked out when I'm around too many redheads. I only have about one or two red-haired friends, and when a bunch of us get together, I feel like there's going to be a fight that breaks out or something.

If you've ever made change in the offering plate, you might be a redneck.