“When you get to really involve yourself with a piece [script] and the other people and you get to feel like it's a community and you're all building something together, it helps me to produce better work, I think. And there's an exhaustion that happens on a film set - an exhaustion that translates into a relaxation and helps me to live in the moment, in the performance I'm giving and what's happening around me.” PeopleThinkingGivingFeelsMomentsHelpingHappensTogetherFilmCommunityPiecesProduceBuildingHappeningsPerformancesScriptsHelp MeTranslateLive In The MomentRelaxationExhaustionFilm SetBuilding Something Author:Jonathan Groff
“I think it's important for people to be aware of the impact that climate change is having on this huge community of people.” PeopleThinkingImportantCommunityHugeImpactClimateClimate Change Author:Scarlett Johansson
“I was never strategic really, but back when I was starting out no one cared. In the acting community, box office didn't matter. I really think it was a mistake when they started paying people like $20 million to do a movie because now it's all people think about. Is she worth it? Is he worth it?” PeopleThinkingMatterCommunityActingMistakeMillionsOfficeStartingBoxesWorth ItStrategicBack WhenBox OfficeStarting OutNo One Cares Author:Winona Ryder
“As for major obstacles keeping young Latinos from becoming filmmakers, I think our communities are still coming into their identities as storytellers. It's such an important identity to reclaim - it's how our ancestors kept our cultures alive. But a long history of silencing, invisibility, and marginalization has kept generations of Latinos from believing in themselves, from seeing themselves as agents of their own lives. I think there needs to be a focus on this aspect to help cultivate young Latinas to see themselves as cultural producers and defenders.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveLongStillsImportantHelpingYoungCultureCommunityFocusAliveSeeingGenerationsIdentityBecomingMajorsAspectObstaclesProducersAgentsFilmmakerAncestorStorytellerLatinoOur CommunityDefendersInvisibilityLatinaMarginalizationSilencing Author:Aurora Guerrero
“I believe in Mexico there's a big culture of moviegoing, both studio and indie. I think here in the US that's not the case because Latino communities don't have access to indie films. If you go into communities of color you will only find the big theater chains which only play the blockbuster genre films.” IfsThinkingBelievePlayBigsFilmCultureI BelieveCommunityCasesColorTheaterStudiosI Believe InAccessChainsGenreMexicoBelieve In MeLatinoBlockbusterIndie Films Author:Aurora Guerrero
“I'd like to point out that I don't think that there is anything fundamentally superior in the GPL as compared to the BSD license, for example. But the GPL is what I want to program with, because unlike the BSD license it guarantees that anybody who works on the project in the future will also contribute their changes back to the community.” ThinkingWantCommunityExampleProjectsProgramSuperiorsGuaranteesLicenseGuarantees That Author:Linus Torvalds
“I'd argue that everybody wants to do something that matters, and the fact that Linux has had a huge impact on the tech market and is used virtually everywhere is obviously very personally satisfying. I think programming is fun, and the community around the kernel is great, but a project has to be relevant too.” ThinkingWantMatterFactsUsedFunCommunityHugeProjectsImpactArguingProgrammingSatisfyingRelevantLinuxKernel Author:Linus Torvalds
“I think when people begin to tell their stories, everything changes, because not only are you legitimized in the telling of your story and are you found, literally, like you matter, you exist in the telling of your story, but when you hear your story be told, you suddenly exist in community and with others.” PeopleThinkingMatterStoriesFoundCommunityLike YouThings Change Author:Eve Ensler
“...instead of giving a rifle to somebody, build a school; instead of giving a rifle, build a community with adequate services. Instead of giving a rifle, develop an educational system that is not about conflict and violence, but one that promotes respect for values, for life, and respect for one's elders. This requires a huge investment. Yet if we can invest in a different vision of peaceful coexistence, I think we can change the world, because every problem has a nonviolent answer.” IfsThinkingWorldGivingDifferentProblemSchoolValuesCommunityAnswersVisionViolenceHugeConflictInvestmentEducationalPeacefulChanging The WorldAdequateEldersRiflesEducational SystemCoexistencePeaceful Coexistence Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“I got a sense of the amazingness of ordinary life, and I became aware of the marvel that we're around to begin with. I visited a lot of extreme communities, like the Amish, Hasidic Jews, and serpent-handlers. And I was proud, because I think I'm the first person to ever out-Bible-talk a Jehovah's Witness. After four hours, he said, "Okay, I have to go."” ThinkingFirstsPersonsSaidCommunityHoursFourProudOrdinaryOkayJewExtremesWitnessFirst PersonOrdinary LifeSerpentJehovahAmish Author:A. J. Jacobs
“I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so we can have a roadmap, because artists - almost every single artist in hip-hop, they paint a picture of society that's overlooked. The misogyny, the racism, the violence, the homophobia, these are things that we try to avoid instead of dealing with. All of that I see it so often.” ThinkingTryingImportantArtistVoiceCommunityViolenceRacismPaintHip HopRapHipsTelling The TruthHopsMisogynyHomophobiaOverlooked Author:Russell Simmons
“I think of myself as a highly spiritual person, but without - I was never really given a religion or a religious experience or a community to sort of subscribe to.” ThinkingPersonsSpiritualGivenCommunityReligiousReligious Experience Author:James Taylor
“The really cool thing is all about being able to take your movie around and show it. It puts you in direct contact with people who are like-minded and interested in similar things. I think the film festival circuit has certainly helped to foster the community.” PeopleThinkingShowsAbleFilmCommunityDirectContactFestivalsReally CoolCircuitsCool ThingsFilm Festivals Author:Joe Swanberg
“We do what we see and what we're told. If we haven't been raised in a family or in a community where women are treated as full human beings and men don't have to be superior anymore, we continue to think that it's not only natural but inevitable.” IfsThinkingMenHumansCommunityNaturalHuman BeingsHavensRaisedTreatedSuperiorsInevitable Author:Gloria Steinem
“I don't think of community as being a romantic notion. I think it's as vital as air and water, and so I think that informs a lot of what I write about. It could be a story about a couple, or a song about the slow death of the family farm or a small town.” ThinkingWritingStoriesSongWaterCommunityAirCoupleTownsNotionFarmsSmall TownAir And WaterFamily Farms Author:Greg Brown
“I think the sweet thing about my job, more than the music I sing, is that I come into some town and a really cool community of people gets together. And they meet each other and maybe somebody falls in love or starts a little business together. I really see that as my role as I travel around the country.” PeopleThinkingLittlesCountryTogetherJobsFallCommunityRolesSweetTownsFalling In LoveReally CoolSweet Things Author:Greg Brown
“I think the Internet has real potential for building community. People all around the world talking to each other can't be a bad thing.” PeopleThinkingWorldRealCommunityTalkingBuildingInternetAround The WorldBad ThingsBuilding Community Author:Greg Brown
“In terms of my inspirations to become an artist, I think they come from early ideas and impressions about community, and the type of community I wanted to be in, and the type of thinking I wanted to do.” ThinkingIdeasInspirationWantedArtistTermCommunityTypeImpression Author:Laura Owens
“Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy.” ThinkingPoliticalCommunityDemocracyEconomicMajorsInstitutionsFascismPointlessParticipants Book:Language and Politics Source: Language and Politics
“People think of the military as being about guns and fighting wars, but it's really about service to country and community.” PeopleThinkingWarCountryFightingCommunityMilitaryGun Author:Austin Stowell
“I grew up as a kid being able to attend concerts, go to art museums. Santa Barbara was a rich cultural community, and I had access to everything. I think that shaped me as an artist.” ThinkingArtKidsAbleArtistCommunityRichGrewGrew UpAccessMuseumsConcertsSantaBarbaraSanta Barbara Author:Floyd Norman
“You know, being Jewish is problematic. Most people really don't know what exactly it means to be a Jew. We belong to a community of suffering, and that's what binds us together. But we are also extremely diverse. That's something I wish people who hate Jews as a group because they think they're so different would understand. We're also completely different within our own group! Essentially, we're just part of a community that has suffered a great deal, and not just in the Holocaust.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMeanDifferentTogetherSufferingHateWishCommunityDealsGroupsJewHolocaustDiverse Author:Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
“In school they told me I was a Jew, "a filthy Jew." At first I asked myself what exactly that was. But then I began to understand. I was a Jew, I was a member of the Jewish faith, the Jewish community. One time, when I was giving a reading at a school, someone asked me: "If it was so dangerous to be Jewish, why didn't you convert to Christianity?" My response was: "It's not as easy you think. When you're a Jew, you're a Jew.” IfsThinkingGivingFirstsSchoolReadingEasyCommunityChristianityDangerousMembersResponseJewOne TimeFilthyJewish CommunityJewish Faith Author:Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
“For me, the biggest champions out there are not just on the field, but also off the field. Some of the biggest champions around the world, the David Beckhams, the Lebron Jameses, they all hold themselves so well off the field, and do so many great things for the community and socially. So I think it's not just about how you perform on the field, but how you hold yourself off it.” ThinkingWorldWellsCommunityFieldsGreat ThingsAround The WorldChampionBeckham Author:Nick Youngquest
“I think my experience at the University of Chicago, working in the civil rights movement, working in the peace movement, working with community organizations, did a lot to influence the politics that I have.” ThinkingCommunityRightsInfluenceMovementOrganizationUniversityCivil RightsChicagoCivil Rights Movement Author:Bernie Sanders
“The scene at a certain time was definitely boys; those huge warehouses were kind of violent parties, even. I think people in your immediate community made a nightlife scene that actually did break down gender roles and were along different lines of identity that had to do with race and experience in the '90s, rather than gender.” PeopleThinkingKindMadeDifferentCertainCommunityLinesPartyRaceBoysRolesBreakIdentityHugeSceneGenderViolentBreaking DownGender RolesWarehouseNightlife Author:Le1f
“I can tell you what I believe, particularly about Mexican-Americans: they are a community that has contributed greatly to this country, they work extremely hard, they've been very productive citizens of our country, and I think that's true of many ethnic groups in this country.” ThinkingBelieveI CanCountryHardI BelieveCommunityGroupsCitizensOur CountryProductiveMexicanEthnic GroupsMexican American Author:Marco Rubio
“I've always had God, but now I want to go back to church for the sense of community and that feeling of positive thinking, a place where I can think about being a better person.” ThinkingWantPersonsI CanFeelingsCommunityChurchPositive ThinkingBetter PersonBeing A Better Person Author:Julianne Hough
“Scientists believe that monkeys can be taught to think, lie and even play politics within their community. If we can just teach them to cheat on their wives we can save millions on congressional salaries.” IfsThinkingBelievePlayLyingCommunityTeachMillionsWifeTaughtScientistCheatMonkeysSalary Author:Jay Leno