Quotes About Community

African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently.

Back in East Texas, all three networks have stations in my hometown of Tyler, and for a town that small, 85,000, to have all three networks, they all have their own news programs, six and 10, and they're always looking for news. Back when I was a judge, they were constantly coming to the courthouse and asking for comments.

There's room for Spike Lee's movies; there's room for Tyler Perry's movies. There's room for classics with an all black cast. There's room for all of it as long as we don't try to make any one piece define us as a race.

One of the greatest things I fear is letting down my people. I wouldn't live with that type of conscience, of having let down my people after they've been brutalized for so long.

The energy in Atlanta is a different type of energy.

Growing up in inner-city neighborhoods, there's a particular structure, which I'm sure is true of most social contexts. The type of person you are determines the role you play.

There are people with otherwise chaotic and disorganized lives, a certain type of person that's always found a home in the restaurant business in much the same way that a lot of people find a home in the military.

I enjoy the company of my fellow man and woman, and I do not wish to be sequestered away in any type of bubble.

The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.

Places change all the time, and the type of people who live there change.

Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.

I'm not the type of guy who tries to do everything by myself.

The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing.

On the playground, I was the type of kid who wanted to sing with the girls, not play soccer with the boys.

When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing.

One thing I can say as far as people from black communities dealing with trauma or PTSD is putting some trauma centers or some type of therapy sessions and some after-school programs for the kids, so they can have a real outlet to express themselves.

I would say if I was any type of nerd, it was probably a band nerd.

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.

Grobanite makes me think of a type of harmless crustacean.

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

We need to make sure we're creating spaces to create new leaders and new types of leadership.

It's quite difficult to figure out a common thread among us all as we're five very different people who love different types of music.

When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all.

I didn't mind being in a school with a small African-American population. The African-American-community was very tight, and that was great. But I also wanted to interact with other types of folks.