Quotes About Community

I grew up in Oregon, so there was always a lot of that folksy, Bob Marley stuff. There was a mural of Bob Marley on a wall at my high school.

I spent most of my formative years in rural Oregon.

People are frustrated all over the country, whether they're in Oklahoma or Oregon or San Diego or San Francisco or L.A. or D.C. or New York or Omaha or wherever.

Oregon is home to me.

The question about my Canadianness comes up a lot, and I'm never quite sure what to say about it. I've carved a life out for myself in Oregon, and it feels like home, not because it's the States but because that's where my friends are and where my son is.

I love Oregon. I love the community.

My mother played the organ in church at Georgiana, and I sat on the seat beside her.

When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.

A nation is an organic thing.

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.

We have the greatest fans in the world, and our growth has been so organic. It's online; it's out at the shows. It's a big family, and they know we're going to do our best, and we know they're going to give it their best.

What's so wonderful about the street is it's organic music. No preservatives. There's no other reason to be out there except you just love music and want to play.

Part of how you grapple with intense opposition is by creating real, organic momentum: by actually doing something for people, and then they rightfully buy into it.

We have a massive following and a loyal following. We've never bought a follower or any of that stuff that brands do, it's all organic.

I think the Conservative Party is a fantastic organisation, it's been a wonderful home for me.

The NHS is a national organisation, but it is best delivered locally.

Organisations and institutions are, at the end of the day, manned by people who put their shared vision above individual interests.

Where I grew up, in New Jersey, there was a lot of organised crime activity. It was a part of life.

I know it is crazy, but I want to create a place where people can come in an organised way to think differently, to think their own thoughts.

History shows the power-grab in every religion once it gets organised. And then it's people making you do things that you don't agree with and setting the rules. But it does mean something to me to believe that we are not alone - the human animal is quite a scary thing, left on its own.

I organised a charity game in my hometown, and we collected three tonnes of food for the people of the town.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

Neighborhoods and communities are complex organisms that will be resilient only if they are healthy along a number of interrelated dimensions, much as a human body cannot be healthy without adequate air, water, rest, and food.