Our Community Quotes - Page 6

• Climate change has the potential to affect everything we care about - whether it is the health of our families, the stability of our communities, or the fate of the wild animals.

  Frances Beinecke

  Fate, Animal, Community

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• I always knew I wanted to make music and share music. I followed my dreams and my passion. Et voila! And now it means not just me, but our community, have a voice. There was no internet, twitter, facebook, or instagram back then; now people with shared passions can unite their voice to share their values and thoughts, be heard, and make a difference. It's amazing - everyone can have a voice - and, as ONE, it can be incredible.

  David Guetta

  Dream, Passion, Mean

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Why is everything that's good for our bodies, our communities, our world, and our planet called the 'alternative'? That means everything bad for us is the accepted norm.

  Julia Hill

  Mean, Our World, Community

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• People may come to our communities because they want to serve the poor; they will only stay once they have discovered that they themselves are poor.

  Jean Vanier

  People, Community, May

  Jean Vanier (1992). “From Brokenness to Community”, p.20, Paulist Press

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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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• 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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• People showed me this way of dealing with music, writing songs, thinking about music and shows and our community and the fact that it doesn't have to be about being popular or fashion or making money.

  Chuck Ragan

  Fashion, Song, Writing

  Source: theindiespiritualist.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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• 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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• Teenagers expressing this on a daily basis in the middle of the streets - you can't help but believe we are in the mind state of taking our losses and changing people's perceptions of us and our community. We are strong. Our families are tired of being hurt.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Strong, Hurt, Teenager

  "Kendrick Lamar Knows How to Deal with the Grammys Censors". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. February 12, 2016.

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• 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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• The Koreans that make their money in our community: If we have a Black bank, you'll find they don't deposit anything of what they take from us into a Black bank that would serve our community. They set up a bank in their own community. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, my Teacher, called people like this "Bloodsuckers of the poor." All they want is to make a dollar, and run.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Running, Teacher, People

  "The Breakfast Club Interview with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan". www.finalcall.com. July 5, 2016.

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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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• 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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• Apologetics has an important place in the local church as we seek to influence our communities for Christ in an increasingly skeptical culture.

  Lee Strobel

  Community, Important, Church

  "Lee Strobel: We're on Cusp of Golden Era of Apologetics". Interview with Alex Murashko, www.christianpost.com. January 22, 2012.

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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 am convinced Pope Francis' Exhortation can help. The effort must be made to read it because an exhortation can only help if you know it. It is valuable to know the work. It is so rich and I can only encourage our pastors and our communities to work on it, study it, read it, and taste the joy of this beautiful document.

  Christoph Schonborn

  Beautiful, Effort, Community

  "Cardinal Schonborn on 'Amoris Laetitia': Pope Francis Knows What He Is Talking About". Interview with Deborah Castellano Lubov, zenit.org. April 12, 2016.

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• Ultimately, the disconnect with the earth we have going relates to a deeper sickness of losing touch with our souls, our bodies, our communities. The collective stories about what is happening need to change. We need to reclaim a sense that we have a say in how things go.

  Frazey Ford

  Community, Soul, Body

  "Frazey Ford Interview: Finding Beauty". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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