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Community Quotes
"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."
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"I have always felt that public, commercial and community organisations should be as open as possible about their affairs. They need to be accountable to their owners, their customers, their members and communities and other interest groups."
65
"Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place."
47
"I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs."
46
"As Brian Urquhart has said quite correctly, I don't think that individual countries in the international community can stand aside and let all of these slaughters continue without doing anything."
42
"No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity."
37
"The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime."
36
"Who belongs to the community of the commonly protected?"
36
"If we could buy these properties and then invest in the Black community, with our own McDonald's, with our own Kentucky Fried Chickens, it was gonna be a great move."
33
"Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation."
33
"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual."
31
"A house divided cannot stand."
31
"A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake of all these experiences and never say hello to anyone new. And one of the things that all religions do is take groups of strangers into a space and say it is OK to talk to each other."
31
"We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."
30
"There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system."
28
"I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community."
27
"I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned."
26
"Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a lot of mindless conformity."
25
"Multi- polarisation has become an inevitable trend in the process of shaping a global political pattern and has been widely welcomed by the international community as it reflects the common interests and aspiration of the overwhelming majority of countries."
25
"Today we stand on a bridge leading from the territorial state to the world community. Politically, we are still governed by the concept of the territorial state; economically and technically, we live under the auspices of worldwide communications and worldwide markets."
25
"I actually then went on to direct an after-school special where one of the characters was deaf. They hired me without even knowing I had any connection to the community."
25
"I realized I was going to get through this disappointing service, and anyway, you have to be somewhere: better here, where I have heard truth spoken so often, than, say, at the DMV, or home alone, orbiting my own mind. And it's good to be out where others can see you, so you can't be your ghastly spoiled self. It forces you to act slightly more elegantly, and this improves your thoughts, and thereby the world."
25
"AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations."
24
"Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community."
24
"Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own."
24
"One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community."
23
"I would like to somehow make the community I live in a better place to live."
23
"It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions."
23
"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities."
23
"There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity."
23
"Well, just that there would be somebody in the office and the voters - it was more or less an understanding in the entire community, as long as that person was doing a good job on the merits, nobody was going to run against him."
23
"Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship."
23
"I have confidence that we can form this kind of national community."
22
"I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large."
22
"It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of."
22
"What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure we do not stick the entire bankruptcy community with these provisions that do not make any sense?"
22
"The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest."
22
"Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community."
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