Quotes About Community

Floyd Patterson grew up there, right?

Civilized nations build libraries; lands that have lost their soul close them down.

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.

Religion may be the most ephemeral eddy of them all. It persists with a name and a building where the faithful congregate over generations. The faith the first generation embraced might be unrecognizable to the last, even though the building and the name have remained unchanged.

The capitalist epoch is the first in human history that permits individuals to view themselves as isolated entities with no inherent connection to their fellow beings.

More and more he'd begun to recognize the position of importance his students were unconsciously forcing upon him - the ultimate leader of The Wave.

What I mean is," Robert said nervously, "the whole idea of The Wave is that the people in it have to support it. If we're really a community, we all have to agree.

Strength through discipline! Strength through community! Strength through action!

It was if The Wave had taken on a life of its own and now he and his students were literally riding it.

Light skin gives me such privileges that my complaints are not worthy. I'm not "positive" enough. Not "black" enough. I'm not a "real" black person. Worst of all are the terrible choices - the possibility of losing connections to those I love, betraying them, those who have done terrible things but at the same time have had to survive within the context of racism. Whose side am I on?

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

It is part of my duty as a decent member of my local hamlet to mow the grass in front of the church. It's a pleasant little task and mowing is a favorite activity of mine; it gives me a lot of pleasure to make the churchyard look tidy. I sometimes pause at the grave of someone or other and speculate what he might have been like when he was alive, but gravestones don't tell much.

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything -- meals, jobs, clothing.

This is the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

When the war ended, more than twelve million men and women put their uniforms aside and returned to civilian life. They went back to work at their old jobs or started small businesses; they became big-city cops and firemen; they finished their degrees or enrolled in college for the first time; they became schoolteachers

Dünyan?n çocuklar?n?n neden tinsel bir bilinçle birbirlerine ba?l? olduklar?n? anlad?. Onlar? ba?layan, ortak ba?? yaratan dünyan?n kendisiydi. Ortak felsefe ya da dü?ünce ve safl?k dünyan?n bizzat kendisiydi.

grandfathers"—the tribe

reason for giving up an itinerant life

Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice.

Music is one of those things that make us feel a little less alone in the world.

Me la he pasado oyendo es ese tal polvo -, dijo Judy. - ¿Me podrían decir qué es? - Es una sensación especial respecto a este lugar -, respondió Marvin. - Las personas lavan platos y sirven comidas exactamente igual que lo harían en otro lugar, trabajan en tiendas y barren calles del mismo modo que lo hacen en ciudades de todo el mundo. Pero el compromiso es diferente.

I used to get beaten up by these green berets in my neighborhood. Some people call them Girl Scouts.

I don't believe that I'm better than anybody, but I do believe that I'll try harder than most and I hope that people just join me for a little bit of a ride.