Quotes About Community

Shaker Heights, Ohio is a predominately white neighborhood. It was when I moved in, and it still is.

This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into the hands of Ohio families - where it belongs.

I love working for the people of Ohio, and I have a lot more work to do as their senator.

If we make a difference in Ohio, we can make a difference on a national scale.

No Ohio family should be forced to go hungry during the holidays or any time.

I loved growing up in Ohio.

Chrissie Hynde's from Ohio, and so am I. If there's a Cleveland sound, that's what it is.

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I was the only black girl in my grade. And I was just, like, really dorky. Like, I wasn't cool.

Growing up in rural Ohio, I knew my way around a double-wide pretty well.

In Ohio, we must put fairness to people and their families first, ahead of powerful special interests.

I grew up in a factory town - Urbana, Ohio.

We're poor black kids from Akron, Ohio. When you tell stories about people like us, sometimes it's going to be considered a social-impact story.

I cannot stand the Buckeyes, and having to live in Ohio and hear those people talk about their team, it drives me absolutely nuts.

I kind of had that Parma, Ohio, mentality that after high school, you go to college. Then after college, you get a job; then you get a family. And after that, you just stick around Parma.

Unless you're from Cleveland, northeast Ohio, you really don't understand. It's a sense of pride that we have. You just kind of root for the teams in that area.

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

I'm from the hood. You put me in a rough neighborhood and believe me, I'm OK.

I would find myself backing away from all of the 'isms', all of the communities. I have always been able to be misused by every community But that is OK. I would rather be misused than neglected.

Moon rocks are OK when everyone is eating.

As long as you know, within yourself, that you're no better than anyone else out there, you're OK.

The ethos of most films is that you make a film, you exploit the community, you exploit the environment, and it's OK because you made a great film, you know?

We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.

The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island.

There is something missing in Asian America. They're missing people to tell them, 'It's okay to be who you are - you belong. Just be unapologetically you; you're not less than anybody else.'