"The challenge these days, is to be somewhere, to belong to some particular place, invest oneself in it, draw strength and courage from it, to dwell in a community."

-- Bell Hooks

#Community Quotes #Challenges Quotes #These Days Quotes

“A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.”
“I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose.”
“At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.”
“Ideally a just constitution would be a just procedure arranged to insure a just outcome.”
“I was kind of a floater [in high school]. I got along with different types of people but I just was not cool, and definitely a late bloomer.”
“food is never just something to eat.”

Source : Margaret Visser (2010). “Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“The army influences everything I do. Certainly it teaches you discipline, which is a necessary element of development. I think there's more of a collaborative understanding in the band because of that.”
“I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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