Quotes About Community

There is a noticeable difference from a crowd surging against you and a crowd surging with you.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.

Moving to the U.S. was an adjustment. I noticed that the kids played in groups. Back in Kakuma, everyone played together.

This thing happened where I noticed anytime I got together with four friends or more, the conversation goes to food.

I have noticed that no other group of people in the United States truly loves America as a whole like white people do.

Ride It' did it for me. Not only did the Asian community love it, but the black community and the white community got to hear about it. The song became such a big hit for me and got me noticed by the CEOs of Cash Money in America.

People have not really noticed community colleges, but they are where students really become successful.

I know people aren't sure about men who look like I do. People don't see the beard as a bit of hair. I've been shouted at, called some horrible names, and when I first came to Worcester I noticed people crossing the road to avoid me.

While I was serving on my town council, I was also volunteering in schools in my community helping to serve free breakfast. I quickly noticed that the same students were coming every day, and they were coming not because they had left the house too quickly and forgotten to eat, but often because there was no food at home.

When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.

I take very seriously the notion that you have to get out in your community; you have to talk to people, but, more importantly, you have to listen to people.

I'm so tired of this notion that women only need to support women. Why can't we all support each other?

The notion of this 'emergency contact' is, Do you have someone who is holding you down? Do you know where to go if you're feeling bad? I keep likening it to assigning yourself a godparent of your choosing.

The notion of someone who is fitting in or trying to become part of a larger family... It's hard to separate that from my own Jewish roots.

There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by this notion of high-functioning self-sufficiency. And I see it a lot in younger girls. Asking for help brings people closer in a way that I suspected but didn't actually put into practice.

I think that Judaism has been, throughout its history since A.D. 70, a diaspora culture that's all about being a minority. In fact, being a small minority. When I'm in Israel, I cannot get used to the notion that we're all Jewish. It doesn't seem to me that we're supposed to all be Jewish.

I'm very excited by the notion of very different people trying to help each other out.

Let's cast aside notions of red counties or blue counties and recognize that these are artificial divisions.

Winning a championship in Milwaukee, it's not about my other business. It's about bringing the notoriety to a great city.

The best way I could describe it at Notre Dame was that I was accepted as a member of the family.

One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness.

I just wanted to be a part of Notre Dame. The school and I have a great relationship.

A delicious meal cooked by a colleague for many others nourishes not only the body but also the soul.