Quotes About Community

My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.

When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.

People act like art is a white thing - or not for people of colour - when, really, so much culture and art comes from people of colour. I want everyone to get into what I am doing. So sometimes I don't like to work just in an art context because it feels like a lot of people aren't going to see it. I like it to be a part of everyday life.

I just find it so weird that I can come to another continent and have people turn up. I guess it's just the internet... It just makes it so available to everyone.

It's funny: your happiness is contingent on a bigger picture besides just yourself.

The nerdist movement is less about consumers; there is a large contingent that are creative nerdists instead of consumers.

It's nice to have some continuity you can come back to. I feel that in coming home, coming back to London.

I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour.

The essential problems remain the same... The kids I write about are asking for the same things I wanted. They want two contradictory things. They want to be the same as everyone else, and they want to be different from everyone else. They want acceptance for both.

There are servers, and there are people that are served. There's something contradictory about that in a democracy, certainly.

Contrary to assumptions in the law, white America is hardly a monolith.

I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

I feel that this nation should open its doors to any person that would like to contribute to this society.

We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.

As a company, we don't contribute to any cause except noncontroversial things like a breast cancer walk. I don't know anybody who is 'for' breast cancer.

Big dreams bring all sorts of challenges. To meet them, you have to have character, courage and a commitment to contribute to your community.

If people are a little more selfless, I am sure we can contribute a lot more to the green revolution.

There's a lot of people that are in need. We're going little by little... I'm only one person, but we are contributing.

When you live in a place, you're not just taking from it, you're contributing to it. In America I would never be able to make myself a person who could contribute. I wasn't interested in that society; I was interested in this society.

It's important that the Oilers are contributing to the community.

I believe in sharing and contributing to society without being in politics.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

I think the point is that each of us, in our own unique ways, can make a contribution. You don't have to be a full time activist or even run for office. Start small, commit to it, and build on it.

I haven't asked for any contributions, and I try to do things without using money - it feels more real and honest.