Showing 10 of 12935 quotes
I would hope that the staffs at juvenile detention centers and reform schools are carefully chosen so that there is a community of support and hope. ”
I never had a traditional mentor. I know people who have been successful with a mentor, but I've never understood why I should limit myself to the knowledge and expertise of one person. ”
As a child who lived in a lot of places, one of the hardest things for me was to join a new community. It was hardest at the kibbutz, but that was also one of the most impressive communities. ”
When we launched WeWork back in 2010, we saw our opportunity to build community by bringing people together. ”
If you're going to build a business that's based on community, your business has to have community in it. ”
The one thing we learned about community - you can't force community. ”
I think all of us naturally want to be a part of a community... at home and at work. ”
If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it. ”
I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight. ”
When we talk about communities, we seldom discuss the margins. But for every person nestled comfortably in the bosom of a community, there is someone else on the outskirts, feeling ambivalent. Ambiguous. Excluded. Unwilling or unable to come more fully into the fold. ”