Quotes About Community

I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.

My whole life, I grew up with this double vision, this vision of America but also Latin community.

I want to represent all the Latin people. I want to do this for the rest of my life.

I talk to everyone, but most of the people I hang out with are Latin.

I grew up in a small Latino community that was very masculine-driven.

Everyone has a Latino inside them.

I do want to be involved in quality projects that say something positive about the Latino community.

When we look at each other, we're the same family. You don't have to see black or Latino - we're one family. That's America.

Latinos don't go out and support their own films, but at the same time, it's not their responsibility.

It's amazing the support we've been able to get from Latinos and just in general from everyone.

I don't think that 'Vida' is just for Latinos. I don't think 'One Day at a Time''s just for Latinos.

At various points in my own life, I have been laughed at scathingly for calling myself black.

You can't kill people if you're eating and laughing with them.

I think no matter where you're from, you're going to be laughing about stuff going on around you.

I was just like that anyhow - wherever I used to work, jobs-wise, I'd always be in the canteen talking to people and laughing and everything.

There's a lot of power in laughter.

All of us who work in law enforcement want to keep people safe. That is the heart of our jobs; it is what drives us every day.

Communities have changed. Our society is changing. Sometimes I feel like our law enforcement, the public services, they don't have enough resources to keep up with the changes that we see in our society.

I went to law school to help people.

I had gone to law school thinking that I would do something in the service of black people.

When you have law-abiding citizens who are actively ready to protect themselves and their family, that reduces crime.

I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

I am a person that when I go in the street, everybody knows me and goes: 'Oh, you are entering politics.' I want to do something positive for the future. It doesn't mean to become a leader of a party.

I believe we need leaders who actually want to lead everyone.