Quotes About Community

Apl introduced me to all the Pinays he knew, and so I married one.

Todd introduced me to the world I always dreamed of being a part of.

I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.

I'm very involved in church and social-justice issues, and my personality is far more introspective.

The Bill Cosby I know has been great to me and great for a lot of people. What he's done for comedy and television has been legendary and history-making. What he's done for the black community and education has been invaluable. That's the Bill Cosby I know.

Everyone's job is invaluable. Film and TV production is collaboration.

We didn't invent anything new. Hospitality has been around forever.

Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part.

One thing I am sure about Manchester is that people are proud of their history. They are proud of their football, music, the industrial revolution, and all the amazing things that were invented here.

In our family, where we began with no money, we like to say that we have discovered that God invented money so those who have it can help others.

We were poor, yea, but I can't say there was anything terrible about my youth. It was a Manhattan kind of life. There were lots of kids on the block, and we played in the back lots. We invented games and skated and played ball.

'Lost' seems to be the inverse of 'Air': It explores dispossession and identity by forcing a bunch of people into one invented landscape instead of using many invented landscapes to keep people apart.

People care for their community and will invest in their community and will look out for each other if they are challenged to do so.

We can help families buy their homes and invest in their educations.

I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world.

If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return.

I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

Joy makes us want to invest more deeply in the people around us. It makes us want to learn more about our communities. It makes us want to be able to find ways of being able to make this a better external world for all of us.

I can't imagine how hard it must be to invest in a community... when you don't feel heard and when you don't feel seen.

A funny thing happens when you go to another country or invest in a company from another country. Suddenly everyone in that community realizes that YC is for them, too.

Building channels for people to believe that the city sees them and hears them and is willing to invest, is going to be critically important, and we have to start that right away.

I realize I got to where I am because people took the time to invest in me and make sacrifices and hopefully I can pay that forward and try to my part to help somebody else.

Certain people and groups seem invested in convincing black people that black people are liberal. We've traditionally been conservative, church-going people.

I didn't buy Bentleys. I didn't live large. I invested in me. I invested in a lot of other people.