Quotes About Community

I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.

I grew up in the hood in Miami in a poor neighborhood.

I love people, but I don't do so well in a system. We're poor, and we lead a very different kind of life. We depend on other people so much.

Everyone was poor. We were satisfied with a life that was simple and humble. We were a peaceful, open people.

I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward.

Our communities deserve a just response to years of disinvestment in our communities that have led to poor health outcomes and crime.

We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.

We've learned a huge amount from organisations like Seva Mandir and Pratham, for example. In my personal experience, these organisations work on a very large scale with very poor people.

You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

If I didn't like poor people, why would I come and tell them how to make their lives better?

There was no difference between the rich and poor people. No difference between people from the west and from the east. There was no dispute between the leaders of the Maidan. We can win only when we are united.

You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and caring about the poorer, more disadvantaged section of our country.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

Culture is something that we all share, and we are all the poorer for anyone excluded from it.

Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet.

We can all get behind feeding the poorest kids in school, right?

Comic-Con has become more of a pop cultural festival, and to not be included feels like you're missing the biggest celebration of the year.

We live in an ever-changing global pop culture community.

There's a lot of crossover between comic fans, wrestling fans and pop culture fans.

What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

You had to read what I wrote if you lived in L.A. in 1975 and cared about pop music.

When you have a teacher who is part of a tradition, the other people in that tradition are such stars. You just look at them like pop stars.

At a horror movie, you can see other people dealing with the scary things. They can bolster you. You can think, 'Okay, if that guy can deal with it, I can deal with it.' There are lessons to be learned there, as opposed to having a frivolous popcorn experience. I think some of this stuff is good for your soul.

For me, watching a movie is an experience where I can go, eat popcorn, and enjoy with my friends and family. I want to be a part of cinema that entertains people.