Community Quotes - page 19

We don't see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it's a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan, not just in the short term, but over the long term. (John R. Allen)
In the real estate business you learn more about people, and you learn more about community issues, you learn more about life, you learn more about the impact of government, probably than any other profession that I know of. View quote
Johnny Isakson
Jewish immigration in the 20th century was fueled by the Holocaust, which destroyed most of the European Jewish community. The migration made the United States the home of the largest Jewish population in the world. View quote
Jon Porter
I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more. View quote
Jon Secada
I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages. View quote
Jon Secada
I support organizations that help people do better for themselves and the community. View quote
Jonathan Tisch
The problem is that everywhere the gas drilling industry goes, a trail of water contamination, air pollution, health concerns and betrayal of basic American civic and community values follows. View quote
Josh Fox
It's a small community, the classical music community, along with the excitement of new places and new things and this feeling of being at home wherever you go because that's where your community is. View quote
Joshua Roman
If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life. View quote
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
We who work in technology have nurtured an especially rare gift: the opportunity to effect change at an unprecedented scale and rate. Technology, community, and capitalism combine to make Silicon Valley the potential epicenter of vast positive change. View quote
Justin Rosenstein
I want people to take pride in Spanish Harlem. These are people that everyone in the community could relate to... people who mean something special to us. (James de la Vega)
Looking towards the future, one of the most important issues the national community must face is the widening gap between the liberated, modern, independent women and our traditional men who are being left behind. View quote
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
I am committed to ensure that our 2008 Republican presidential candidates forthrightly address issues of importance to the African-American community. View quote
Ken Mehlman
The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community. View quote
Kenneth G. Wilson
Nashville has a great creative atmosphere. It's a small, close-knit music community that you can't find anywhere else. View quote
Kim Carnes
I can't wait for summer in the city! I love all the free activities in the parks that become available to us New Yorkers. Yoga and movie screenings in Bryant Park, concerts in Central Park - there's so much more available to the New York community in the summer! And everyone just seems to smile more. View quote
Kara Lindsay
You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting. View quote
Karen Bass
I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected. View quote
Kathy Freston
In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss. View quote
Katie Leclerc
North Carolina is home to some of the largest financial institutions in the country, and a vibrant network of community banks. We're a banking state, and we're proud of that distinction. But we also understand that responsible financial regulation protects consumers and businesses. View quote
Kay Hagan
So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and also, they do show a great deal of international responsibility; and then the local players. (Lakhdar Brahimi)
But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed. View quote
Lakhdar Brahimi
The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that. View quote
Lakhdar Brahimi
In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars. View quote
Lakhdar Brahimi
I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military have the information and funding needed to protect the American people from threats at home and abroad. View quote
Leonard Boswell