Quotes About Community

Old people have a much better time in India because they're respected.

We grew up with break-dancing and MCing, the old school, that whole era of just having a good time and knowing that the music was good.

I love Viennese waltzes and polkas, and especially ceilidhs and old-fashioned formation dancing.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

A good number of my friends are married, which seems very old-fashioned.

I got the name Lil Baby because I always hung around older dudes.

In my hood, I was always with the older guys.

I wouldn't say they're neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we do at the moment.

I know from my own parents how important active older people are to a local community.

There are lots of different people who use food banks - from young parents to older people.

I do think some older people in the gay community could be better influencers for gay youth, better educators. I made it a point to be that person.

We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter.

Sometimes, I wonder where we older women fit into the social scheme of things once nest-building has lost its charm.

I grew up with all my cousins. The men worked, and the older women raised us - my mother, my aunt, my grandmother. My great-grandmother was the matriarch, and sometimes there were 30 of us.

Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.

The nice thing about 'Miranda' especially is that the audience that we had was school kids right through to pensioners. It seems to be a show that people watch as a family, so it was the first job I've been involved in that certainly my oldest daughter and my middle daughter are big fans of, and proud that I'm in it, which is a nice feeling.

Britain today is not revolutionary France. There are no grades of citizenship. An immigrant who has just shaken hands at the end of their citizenship ceremony is as British as a member of the oldest family in the land.

It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.

The Olympics are great, but they only truly mean something when the moments that come out of them are bigger than the individual sports.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

The Olympics shows the community what gymnastics is all about.

I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to help people with disabilities become more independent and more included in their communities.

I raced in London in the 2012 Olympics, and it was incredible to be a part of, with half a million people watching and then later seeing kids going back to cycle.

The Olympics is this big global event, but when neighbours come up and wish you well, it feels more personal.