Our Community Quotes - Page 3

• I actually remember very specifically the night that I launched Facebook at Harvard. I used to go out to get pizza with a friend who I did all my computer science homework with. And I remember talking to him and saying I am so happy we have this at Harvard because now our community can be connected but one day someone is going to build this for the world.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Night, Talking, Community

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I think the gay community, as a whole, is slighted by high-profile figures who remain in the closet. But I think that a lot of times we need to ask ourselves what that person's role in our community would be if they were out of the closet.

  Christopher Rice

  Gay, Thinking, Community

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• Being LGBT is not a choice. It's not about "a sexual proclivity." It's not a "lifestyle," as you put it. It's about our identity. Pride is a time when we come together to celebrate our community and when others do, too. Just as we do for other racial, ethnic, and religious groups that are part of the "tossed salad" nature of our society.

  Steven Petrow

  Religious, Pride, Choices

  "Civilities: We'll be talking about your reactions to the Orlando massacre for the full hour". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. June 21, 2016.

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• I think that the more people who speak out, and say things and take stands on positions that will better our community, the better off each and every other individual artist or otherwise, will be.

  Gil Scott-Heron

  Artist, Thinking, Speaks Out

  Source: agitpropspace.org

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• We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.

  Shane Claiborne

  Community, Church, Planters

  "Interview with Shane Claiborne on Common Prayer". www.readthespirit.com. 2012.

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• As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media and the undermining labels they place on us. We pay attention to what our community situation is and what we need.

  Chuck D

  Media, People, Community

  Interview with Antonino D'Ambrosio, progressive.org. July 20, 2005.

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• I myself am still learning how to be me and that's OK. It can take a really long time to become the person you really want to be. Be who you are. It's the greatest gift we can give to ourselves, our community and our world.

  Maria Shriver

  Our World, Giving, Long

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Volunteerism is vital in all times; it keeps our communities alive...and will make a difference in the lives of those who will come after us.

  Clifton Taulbert

  Differences, Community, Making A Difference

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• We speak for all citizens of the Commonwealth when we say that society can draw great hope for the future because of the example which these young people are giving by their creative and constructive responses to the challenges which confront our communities and dedication to help those most in need.

  William Weld

  Dedication, People, Giving

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• If labor mainly, or to any considerable degree, serves the purpose of a police, to keep men out of mischief, it indicates a rottenness at the foundation of our community.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Community, Police

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.414, Yale University Press

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• There was a young man in our community who said he wanted to be a minister, and my father was trying to mentor him in the ministry, and something supposedly happened in town.And this young man was jailed. I remember my father lamenting and saying, well, regardless of what happened, he's human; he's human like the rest of us and he deserves, to be heard and to be seen.

  David C. Driskell

  Father, Men, Community

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.

  Hawa Abdi

  Community, Leader, Trying

  "Hawa Abdi" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2011.

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• FedDev Ontario's investment in the Glanworth Branch Library has enhanced this unique landmark into an accessible learning hub for local community members. When we improve facilities, we are strengthening our communities and building a prosperous southern Ontario.

  Gary Goodyear

  Unique, Community, Southern

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• Not only did I think that Sarah Palin doesn`t understand what post-traumatic stress disorder is, I thought she gave veterans a poor name by sort of arguing that this is something that`s common in our community.

  Jon Soltz

  Stress, Thinking, Names

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Progress is not automatic, it depends on what we do every day. So any statement of ownership of our own bodies, however that occurs in our individual lives or our community or our collective lives, is crucial.

  Gloria Steinem

  Community, Progress, Body

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• When we were starting our community a bunch of older Benedictine nuns said to us, "If you have any questions or want to pick our brains, please do - we've been doing community for about 1,500 years together so we've learned a few things."

  Shane Claiborne

  Years, Community, Brain

  "Plotting goodness together: An interview with Shane Claiborne". Interview with Jonathan Merritt, religionnews.com. May 22, 2013.

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• I want to clarify that one doesn't need to be a scientist or have fancy college degrees to know the truth about the health of our children, our communities, and the planet. Community members generally know far more about the health of their own communities than visiting "experts," yet that knowledge is often discredited because of another story that we tell ourselves: "real" education happens [only] in the halls of universities.

  Annie Leonard

  Children, Real, College

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• I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.

  Kathy Freston

  Thinking, Ties, Community

  "Going Vegan Doesn't Mean Missing Out On Favorites". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne and David Greene, www.npr.org. December 27, 2012.

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• I say that now we see a lot of hateful rhetoric against Mexicans and the Latino community, but we have a very powerful weapon. And that is our vote. This is the way we can get even with all of the politicians who are insulting us and saying terrible things about our community - by voting them out. And get the good ones. Vote them in.

  Dolores Huerta

  Powerful, Voting, Community

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

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• I also want to do stories that I think are not brought to television that often that our community talks about.

  Ed Gordon

  Thinking, Community, Stories

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• We've had now eight years and there's this prideful sense among many African Americans. When you think about how elated they are when they see the First Lady on magazine covers or when she is out doing her thing. There just this pride our community has had for eight years now. When that goes away, I jokingly said it, but I do think there's going to be a bit of withdrawal.

  Ed Gordon

  Pride, Thinking, Eight

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Without a vision our community will perish without Christ, but without a vision the church will perish as well.

  John C. Maxwell

  Community, Vision, Church

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

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• Donald Trump has laid out a priority to remove criminal aliens, remove people who have overstayed their visas. And once we have accomplished all of that, which will strengthen our economy, strengthen the rule of law in this country and make our communities safer once the criminal aliens are out, then we'll deal with those that remain.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Law, People

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Once we revolutionize the music industry, then we can revolutionize our communities and everything in the world, 'cause what happens is, the communities are listening to the music.

  Wyclef Jean

  Community, Listening, World

  Source: djbooth.net

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• We need to rebuild bonds of trust between our police officers and our communities.

  Hillary Clinton

  Community, Police, Needs

  "Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Discuss Student Debt, Immigration, and More". Interview with Judith Ohikuare, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 11, 2016.

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