Quotes by Community Not all Muslims become involved in acts of violence. Yet all might be held culpable. THis is because that section of Muslim--in fact, the majority--who are not personally involved, neither disown those members of their community who are engaged in violence, nor even condemn them. In such a case, according to the Islamic Shariah itself, if the involved Muslims are directly responsible, the uninvolved Muslims are also indirectly responsible. (p. 91) Maulana Wahiduddin Khan islamicmajoritycommunity The community is eminently Portuguese - that is to say, it is slow, poor, shiftless, sleepy, and lazy. Mark Twain sleepylazycommunity The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and reluctantly to the new imperatives of global environmental cooperation. It is simply not feasible for sovereignty to be exercised unilaterally by individual nation states, however powerful. The global community must be assured of environmental security. Maurice Strong yieldcommunitypowerful Surveying the shifts of interest among computer scientists and the ever-expanding family of those who depend on computers for their work, one cannot help being struck by the power of the computer to bind together, in a genuine community of interest, people whose motivations differ widely. Maurice Wilkes motivationcommunitypeople Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It’s the impetus for creating change. Max Carver empathycreatingcommunity I think the main thing is to find something you care about. A cause. I think it starts with others. Who do you look up to? Who do you want to help? Start in your own community. Max Carver communitylooksthinking Some duties exist simply because we are part of a larger family or community. Max Anders dutycommunity The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs. Max Nordau communitylandneeds What makes globalization even possible in the first place? One answer would be that it requires the regularization of some kind of media and communication infrastructure. When you have that, you might get globalized economic trade within some political or imperial framework, but it is likely you'll get transnational cultural flows as well. Globalizing trade can lead to a cosmopolitan culture, but also to all sorts of nationalistic or racist or patriarchal reactions to those as breaches of imaginary communities. McKenzie Wark communicationpoliticalcommunity Girls come to the gang for very different reasons than boys. For boys in marginalized communities, they have a gender problem, and they solve it often through gang membership. They find an ability to do masculinity in a way that reasserts their importance in a society that mostly ignores them. For girls, they're coming out of more damaged backgrounds. Their families are often the reason they get propelled into gang membership. Meda Chesney-Lind communitygirlboys Once women find a way to form community, everyone reaps the rewards. Meg Ryan reapcommunity Communications is at the heart of e-commerce and community. Meg Whitman communicationcommunityheart I essentially get to represent my community on television. Megan Hilty communitytelevision We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community. Maya Angelou communitybrotherpast True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal. Mehmet Oz kitchencommunityhome I represent the mixed race community, which I think gets left out a lot. I always describe myself as being mixed race. Melanie Brown communityracethinking In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community. Melissa Bean growthcommunityjobs Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need. Melissa Bean communitycountryneeds We're all proud of the communities that we've built and are a part of, but we shouldn't accept lost time and unnecessary stress when traveling in them. Melissa Bean stressproudcommunity The frustration of being marginalized often gets misdirected at the most visible members of one's own community, because they are more accessible than the real agents of marginalization. Melissa Febos frustrationcommunityreal«119120121122123124125126127128129»
