When you see the neighborhood that you grew up in being underwater, either you can sit down and look like everybody else,… — Gerald Green Copy Share Image
As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people… — Ed Bradley Copy Share Image
Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up… — Tom Piazza Copy Share Image
My natural instinct after doing something shameful is not to rush into the street boasting about it but to put on dark… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Now you have to ask a question - is that really, is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
I was fortunate that by the time I was born, there were a lot of comforts and at the same time I… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
Children, pray for the good of everyone. We should pray to God to give a good mind even to those who harm… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
I was really lucky to grow up in an extremely diverse neighborhood. I grew up in a city called Southfield, and it's… — Mike Posner Copy Share Image
The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Trees which grow in places facing the course of the sun are not of porous fiber but are solid, being drained by… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
It's been rough for me trying to find my position in the struggle and where my voice is needed and helpful. You… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Coming from the South and growing up in L.A. where it was so segregated - worse than the South in many ways… — Charles Burnett Copy Share Image
Dimension stone, flint, rubble, burnt or unburnt brick, use them as you find them. For it is not every neighborhood or particular… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
I am anxious to see the doctrine of one god commenced in our state. But the population of my neighborhood is too… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Recipients of transfers set a bad example for others, including their children, other relatives, and friends, who see that one can receive… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Everybody I hang with - the ranchers, the farmers, the cops, the teachers, the plumbers, everybody I hang with - they've got… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
You can support trans-positive legislation, tranny artists, and the inclusion of trannies in your neighborhood, schools, place of worship, whatever. For the… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
A movement starts because of the social habits of friendship and the strong ties between close acquaintances. It grows because of the… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
In terms of addressing some of the most impacted communities and historically excluded communities - often of color, often low income -… — Bryant Terry Copy Share Image
The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening. I learned, for… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I had never understood quite so clearly the effective power of Jane Jacob's writing - no, her clear-headed observation - as I… — Nancy Milford Copy Share Image
When Allen Ginsberg was still alive, he was was an artist, but he was very local. He was just another wing-nut in… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
It is a cultural tradition that makes New Orleans what it is. It also represents the roots of American music and an… — Bill Taylor Copy Share Image
Even though the neighborhood I grew up in had some unhealthy elements, there was a caring there where you knew that you… — Sonja Sohn Copy Share Image
If you are seeking, seek us with joy For we live in the kingdom of joy. Do not give your heart to… — Rumi Copy Share Image
What you're born with dictates your life. Do you run home after dark? Do you choose an apartment in a questionable neighborhood?… — Abigail Tarttelin Copy Share Image
Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighborhood, the place is not certified for him. More than likely he will live… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
But, once again, when I said I'm so grateful for my mom just being adamant about me staying in public school -… — Regina King Copy Share Image
We can't keep begging or expecting people to give us an opportunity to make a movie or to represent our culture in… — David Banner Copy Share Image
The way that you empower the poor to be able to live in those neighborhoods is not to just move them and… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in… — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
Let us be clear: there are no Salafist armed groups in Syria. Those carrying arms are mostly members of the dissident army.… — Burhan Ghalioun Copy Share Image
Toddlers need to get off the soccer field and onto the playground. Children need to get out of the gym and into… — Darell Hammond Copy Share Image
