Quotes About Community

My father was a minister, so I was raised in the church.

My parents are ministers.

My mother was a minister, so I grew up in a church. My grandfather was a minister; there are a bunch of ministers in my family.

We're seeing a much larger ministry here for the general community. Not just Catholics, but others are calling us too. They're not looking for lawyers or suing their grandfathers, but counseling and healing.

I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.

It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people.

I was in the ministry for some time. All my family is immersed in a black church in Memphis.

I've worked with kids in a youth ministry in California.

If you live in Minneapolis, there's a 95 percent chance you live within a 10-minute walk to a park.

We must shout out from the rooftops that Minneapolis is the best place on Earth.

I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really good fan bases, like Iowa and Chicago.

Minneapolis, in general, has been there with me since the beginning. They made me feel important before I really even had a foundation. I think a lot of it has to do with it's such an intense music city in its own right.

I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.

I love everything Minnesota.

Well, my take was people of Minnesota, these are good people. They're in many ways more generous than other parts of the country. They're better educated than other parts of the country.

I grew up in Minnesota.

I went to high school in Minnesota.

The way elections are won in Minnesota is by talking to people and sharing what's on their minds. It sounds so simple, but it really is the thing that works.

I love the Minnesota State Fair, and I go with my family every August for nearly all 12 days.

We are accountable to each other; having an equitable Minnesota benefits everyone, not just the disenfranchised.

Minnesota's been good to me.

I know they like their sports in Minnesota.

I have made the best of friends in Minnesota. And I just have so much love for it.

There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy.