Quotes About Community

There is nowhere, anywhere, as socially dense as school classrooms, school hallways, school buses

perhaps undervalued, contributions to the whole. Fifteen percent of the country lives in towns of fewer than 10,000

The best computer science students at Stanford were some of the best computer science students anywhere. Under Clark they gathered together into a new, potent force. 'The difference was phenomenal, for me. I don't know how many people around me noticed. But my God I noticed. The first manifestation was when all of these people started coming up and wanting to be part of my project.' That

On the streets of Memphis I also needed a lot of

And among adults, adultery is an unmentionable thing, which only occurs in the Bible and in Mobile.

The real education is when you awaken and nourish and guide the inner spirit, this inner genius. The community grows from the giving of the gifts of the people in it, which is really giving from the genius.

was drilled into us that success should not be measured in dollars; the truly successful person creates a family whose members are able to enjoy meaningful lives. And what gives life greater meaning is the opportunity to contribute to the community. Then Dad would lower his voice, as if to emphasize one final point: "No one in our society can have that unless everyone has a chance to achieve the American dream.

You'll find a way. You'll always find a way. And on the rare occasions when you can't, you'll have friends who will.

A leader's first duty is to look after his or her people, especially those who are sick, hungry, or thirsty.

Man may trust man, Prince Elric, but perhaps we'll never have a truly sane world until men learn to trust mankind.

that we should look out of the window, choose a star, and make a last wish before we went to sleep, and she told us we should wish the best, not just for each of ourselves, but more for each other, because we were all the best of friends.

You need people like Marty just to keep you going.

Replacing the divot is "an exercise for the public good." It is also a reminder that "we are all one golfer." There would simply be no game if every golfer turned his back on the damage he did.

Tears and hugs and saying I'm sorry is a good first step, but for me, the question is not one of changing the hearts of individuals as [much as] it is dealing with the systems and the structures that are devastating African-American people."43

I believe in such cartography – to be marked by nature, not just label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. ... All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps.

Welcome to my neck of the woods. I love that phrase. As if it were part of a body.

I believe in such cartography--to be marked by nature, not just to label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings. We are communal histories, communal books. We are not owned or monogamous in our taste or experience. All I desired was to walk upon such an earth that had no maps.

Unfortunately the interview she had lined up with a homeless girl cannot now be done, as the girl killed herself yesterday. She was the third suicide in a week at this hostel. Apparently when one goes, there is often a 'domino' effect.

In order that a select few might live in great opulence, millions of people work hard for an entire lifetime, never free from financial insecurity, and at great cost to the quality of their lives. The complaint is not that the very rich have so much more than everyone else but that their superabundance and endless accumulation comes at the expense of everyone and everything else, including our communities and our environment.

All the more reason to look for ways of uniting Caucasian Americans, African Americans, and all people of color in common struggle.

I remember hating having to cross over the Broadway Bridge again, having to leave the peninsula neighborhood and go back to my apartment in downtown Boston.

But the general feeling in the neighborhood was that school was for suckers. The dropouts were the ones who said that the most, and of course they usually looked as if they were having the most fun, wearing the best clothes, and making the most loot from drugs and petty scams. Ma said Kathy was starting to get into the drugs, but I already knew that. She said she'd heard that the 8th Street gang was

Culture, when it comes to food, is of course a fancy word for your mom.

The true socialist utopia turns out to be a field of F-1 hybrid plants.