I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.
There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.
It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption.
The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.
Prayer is a heart exercise. It’s an act of communicating with God about what’s most important and pressing in your life.
Part of the transaction between writer and reader is the pleasure of building a community and encouraging people to play along.
There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.'
Since the time of the witch burnings, the grandmothers and the healers and the midwives have been systematically targeted. And burned at the stake for hundreds of years, decimating whole communities.
Yet, when child sex offenders are brought to justice and serve time for their offenses, they are often released into unsuspecting communities and left free to resume their sexual attacks.
I've been an activist in the LGBT community for a long time. I think nothing's changed, I'm just a little bit more focused on the 'T' now than I was on the 'L' or the 'G.'
It was quite nice meeting up because we went through a lot together and we haven't really seen each much other to communicate one to one for quite a long time.
You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
Mobile communications had been around for a long time, but always as a limited market, constrained by the radio spectrum.
The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain.
Max Jerry Horovitz: Jurors are outstanding members of the community who haven't murdered anybody.
I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.
My wife and I started a program called Bears Without Borders. We raise money and hire local artisans to make stuffed animals and distribute them in their communities.
We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line.
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.
I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
