Quotes About Community

The Internet's changed everything. There are no record stores to hang out in anymore.

My father was a small business owner. When I was growing up, he ran a one-hour photo store - back when there were one-hour photo stores.

Small businesses are the heart and soul of South Carolina's economy - from our bait stores to our restaurants and barber shops.

There are a lot of bars and shoe stores in my early books.

The constant expansion of our malls and stores are proof of the fact that our holistic approach to development benefits not just us but also all the communities in which we operate.

A big shop in Manhattan would feel like we were betraying our roots. And we're not just going to open a bunch of stores.

When you shop local, you have the opportunity to develop relationships with business owners in your community and many of them offer unique products and services that you simply can't get online or at department stores.

That's the primary mission of ours: to protect the border, enhance the border, and capitalize on what the border has to offer. It's the source of jobs, source of positive immigration stories.

It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.

For now I'm building up stories for the retirement home!

We Filipinos bond over food, music, dance, and shares stories. And to Filipinos, no matter who you are and where you come from, you always have an invitation to celebration.

Black girl stories aren't just for black girls: they're for everybody.

Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.

It was very cold in jail. But inmates were good. They shared their stories with me.

I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

I started writing because I saw such a huge lack of complex stories about the inner city.

Films really can change a conversation and change someone's thinking and perception, especially with people of color at the center. It rarely happens. I think it's important for both the community but also the world to see people of color in all genres, especially love stories.

Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?

The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center.

The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.

We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.

Music in New Orleans has always been the heartbeat that drives the city. It was that even before Katrina, and that's what we had to rely on after the storm.

As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that.

There were many African Americans - many, many stories similar to my story.