Communal Quotes

125 Communal quotes by 112 unique authors

My husband is not American. He was born in Brazil, where he grew up under a filthy, corrupt dictatorship. In his twenties, he moved to… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories.… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
I'd have to say I've become more aware of my communal responsibility. — Jeff Koons
I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a… — Jared Leto
I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having some sort of… — Ian MacKaye
There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication… — Vladimir Nabokov
Being Muslim has become synonymous with pointed questions, with tension and mistrust, even with conflict. It has become a global phenomenon with profound consequences for… — Tariq Ramadan
Communal well-being is central to human life. — Cat Stevens
We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of… — Michael Ondaatje
We are, all of us, exploring a world none of us understands...searching for a more immediate, ecstatic, and penetrating mode of living...for the integrity, the… — Hillary Clinton
I believe in such cartography – to be marked by nature, not just label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and… — Michael Ondaatje
On Wednesday, July 19, the Council, having gleaned and discerned, released its official verdict: the fall of the tile bearing the letter "Z" constitutes the… — Mark Dunn
The theater is a communal event, like church. The playwright constructs a mass to be performed for a lot of people. She writes a prayer,… — Marsha Norman
They rode like men invested with a purpose whose origins were antecedent to them, like blood legatees of an order both imperative and remote. For… — Cormac McCarthy
The millions of human beings who were shot, tortured, starved, treated like animals and made the object of a conspiracy of ridicule, can sleep in… — Raoul Vaneigem
Traditional religions practices are important.They allow us to share with others the communal experience of adoration and prayer,but we must never forget spiritual experience is… — Paulo Coelho
I simply felt alone, one leaf sitting miles away from a giant, communal pile. — Dan Wells
Being a person, I had come to realize, is a communal activity. Dogs know how to be dogs. But people do not know how to… — John Green
If you’re fifteen or so, today, I suspect that you inhabit a sort of endless digital Now, a state of atemporality enabled by our increasingly… — William Gibson
It is interesting to note that the "sexual revolution" was sometimes portrayed as a communal utopia, whereas in fact it was simply another stage in… — Michel Houellebecq
The bugs are not like us. The Pseudo-Arachnids aren’t even like spiders. They are arthropods who happen to look like a madman’s conception of a… — Robert A. Heinlein
... the desert, where there is the communal book of moonlight. We were among the rumour of wells. In the palace of winds. — Michael Ondaatje
Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth… — Anne Rice
HOUSE RULES [at the Praetor Lupus Headquarters] No shape-shifting in the hallways. No howling. No silver. Clothing must be worn at all times. ALL TIMES.… — Cassandra Clare

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