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Quotes About Community

With the commissioning of new schools undertaken by a local director of school standards, decisions will be fair and transparent, rooted in the needs of the local community. The admissions code and the role of the adjudicator will also be strengthened to provide fairness for all children.
~ David Blunkett
The short form, speed, and consistency of communication by Trump beat Clinton's nuanced, detailed, and long-form communication. Trump came across as more genuine, Clinton as less than transparent. Trump engaged directly with his community; Clinton spoke through the media in a careful and less frequent manner.
~ Richard Edelman
It is very common for people to come up to the cast members and say, 'Our family is OK now because of 'Transparent.''
~ Jay Duplass
I feel like sometimes, when I talk about 'Transparent,' I'm in a cult. And in some ways, I guess I sort of am, although it's a cult that pays me, and I don't pay it, so maybe that's a really good cult.
~ Amy Landecker
On 'Transparent,' I work closely with LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming people who are now my close friends - truth be told, we're all more like family.
~ Jay Duplass
One thing that has saved my bacon many times is talking to the neighbor about the property. Neighbors are so transparent and honest, they will give you the entire down-low on the property.
~ Scott McGillivray
LA is the only place where people know my name and still walk up to me and ask it. And I think that was really representative of a lot of the transplant people in LA. I just found everything so phoney.
~ Vic Mensa
On housing, education and skills, health and social care, transport and economic development, local government is better placed to make decisions in the interests of local communities.
~ Wes Streeting
I try to use public transport, always.
~ Theo James
Everyone has the right to walk from one end of the city to the other in secure and beautiful spaces. Everybody has the right to go by public transport. Everybody has the right to an unhampered view down their street, not full of railings, signs and rubbish.
~ Richard Rogers
I grew up in Wandsworth and was constantly on public transport, as there wasn't much going on around there.
~ Romy Madley Croft
It's distressing to see anyone in the community struggle to access public transport - whether they're elderly, customers with a disability or families with prams.
~ Gladys Berejiklian
When you go and meet people in far-flung parts of the world who need help, they're not earnest; they're having a laugh and a joke as they transport the water you're buying for them - not trudging around saying serious things.
~ Hugh Dennis
We are committed to delivering a safe, equitable, and reliable transportation system.
~ London Breed
Public transportation is like a magnifying glass that shows you civilization up close.
~ Chris Gethard
When we first created the Lyft community, we wanted to make cities feel smaller and more connected by bringing people together through transportation. In 20 months since we launched, we've seen drivers and passengers redefine the true meaning of community through Lyft in countless ways.
~ John Zimmer
Far too often, local voices have been overlooked when it comes to planning transportation projects.
~ Alex Padilla
Everywhere I go, I see incredible examples of communities that have a vision for transportation and how it will impact the quality of life, mobility, economics and opportunity.
~ Anthony Foxx
I have fought for public transportation.
~ Raphael Warnock
The art cars are the public transportation system. And that requires regulation because, lately, we've had art cars that don't want people on board and that want private parties, and that's in conflict with the communitarian feeling and the interactive aspect of society.
~ Larry Harvey
Bike lanes are clearly controversial. And one of the problems with bike lanes - and I'm generally a supporter of bike lanes - but one of the problems with bike lanes has been not the concept of them, which I support, but the way the Department of Transportation has implemented them without consultation with communities and community boards.
~ Christine Quinn
These roads do not serve transportation alone, they also bind our Fatherland.
~ Fritz Todt
Locally produced foods - defined as those harvested within a 100-mile radius of one's home - have a lesser impact on the environment because of the decreased need for transportation from source to consumer.
~ Tyler Florence
In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car.
~ Logan Green