Quotes About Community

I was always the new kid, and I got to know the language and the politics of being on the outside, looking in. Never being in the clique - always being a student of the clique, a subversive, and I could look around and identify the other guys who were excluded.

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.

I'm drawn to subversive material and material that speaks to communities and people who tend to be marginalized, and telling those stories in ways that subvert expectations. That's always been fun for me to play and always been fun for me to write.

When I first started fighting, it wasn't the easiest thing. I didn't have all the money in the world. I was eating Subway once in a while, some packets of oatmeal here and there. It wasn't that bad, but it's because I was fortunate and had good people there to support me.

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.

You don't look at each other on the subway.

I like to go to the subway and hear what people are thinking and feeling and what their concerns are. You learn so much that way. You really do.

I've taken clowns into the war in Bosnia, the refugee camps of Kosovo, and none of those are any more important than clowning in a subway or an elevator or just walking down the street.

No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be accosted.

You can't fake the subway, and you can't fake friendships.

I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely.

Every day I walk down the street or hop on the subway, I am reminded that I am a citizen of a very big, incredibly diverse world.

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.

Our children are angry. The profanity is out in the street. It's on the buses and in the subway. Our children are trying to tell us something, and we are not listening.

When I ride the subway back and forth, sometimes I look at the other passengers and wonder if any of them are children who have been adopted or parents who have adopted.

There's nowhere in New York to go and have your emotions to yourself. People just look the other way because every day people see someone crying on the subway!

Being a drag queen out on the subway or out on the street is still not the most safe thing you can be doing.

Red Hook is cut off from the rest of the borough by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and has no subway access, forcing residents to rely on the bus, their feet or, for those lucky enough to afford it, a car.

An increased police presence is not a panacea for our subway safety issues, but it's a step in the right direction.

When I moved back to New York, I saw a lot of girls knitting on the subway, and it had a bit of a comeback.

I am tired of people using 'diverse' to mean 'of color.' That's not what that word means. 'Diversity' means people of all different races, all together - like a New York City subway.

I believe that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there's enough room for all of us to succeed.

No first-time entrepreneur has the business network of contacts needed to succeed. An incubator should be well integrated into the local business community and have a steady source of contacts and introductions.