Quotes About Community

I feel like I can be myself in L.A. I feel like Mississippi is a little close-minded; not all of Mississippi is, but just the part that I came from. They really don't get outsiders.

I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

I think a lot of people in their lives feel like they don't fit in, even if it looks like they do. People feel like outsiders even if others think we, the lives we live, have everything. If they are popular or they have everything they are supposed to have. Even then, people still don't feel quite included.

People have asked me about playing outsiders. I don't consider myself an outsider. Maybe that's why I'm interested in that. I'm not really sure.

I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders.

I feel like theater in high school seems to be sort of like the safe haven for the outsiders and people who don't necessarily fit in. And it was a come-as-you-are sort of class, and it's a come-as-you-are after-school activity.

A lot of the characters I gravitate towards feel like outsiders.

I don't hang with people I don't know. Outsiders can mess up your flow.

There are many outsiders in Bollywood and you'll find people from different parts of the world and cultures coming together.

I'm a Latina. Everything is outspoken in my culture.

Outstanding people in Iowa. Very down-to-earth people in Iowa. It was a great place to be.

I want to be more selfless and look outward.

We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

America is a country formed by diverse communities from different countries. Overall, the country is very hospitable and gives opportunities to grow. Saying that, I'd also say I'm not a 'white' immigrant; a South Asian's experience is different than, say, a European immigrant's.

Detroit, it's just an incredible city overall. The people here are so friendly and very outgoing.

Real politics should work for the long-term and overall interests of the community.

Overall, there is very little in my life I enjoy more than college football.

It's my heritage overall, my people. Mexicans are known for being hard-working people, showing a lot of heart. I wanted to show people I am Mexican and I'm proud of it.

Our intelligence community needs better coordination of operations and exchange of information, and that's why we need an overall director of national intelligence and a national counterterrorism center.

For too long, humanity has acted with an outrageous lack of responsibility. We wanted everything for ourselves: greed, really. We failed to look at the overall picture and did not take into consideration those with whom we share the world.

We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics and excellent at talking about the government. But we have little ability to even acknowledge everything that exists in the middle, and given how influential politics is on every other part of our life, I think that failure of discourse is pretty corrosive to our overall culture.

But overall I've always learned to play well in the sandbox with the people I'm working with. I think that's my minor-league training.