“It wasn't until I moved to Nashville that I realized what an amazing community it is. It's the thing I've been missing my whole career, the feeling of being able to sit around with a guitar and have people know each other's songs and know songs from people who've influenced all of us. When I moved here pretty early on Vince Gill started calling me to do guitar pulls, and I thought, gosh, this is just like heaven on earth down here.” PeopleKnowsWholeFeelingsAbleEarthSongHeavenCommunityCareersMissingCallingMovedGuitarI RealizedNashvilleHeaven On Earth Author:Sheryl Crow
“After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need, .. Right now, the victims of Hurricane Katrina need our help. Entire communities have been destroyed. Families have been torn apart. Many are still missing. Tens of thousands remain homeless. As the recovery proceeds, we in the Senate pledge to do everything in our power to help rebuild the shattered lives across the Gulf Coast.” NeedsHas BeensStillsHelpingGovernmentCommunityMissingRight NowVictimProfoundDisasterObligationRecoveryDestroyedSenateHomelessFederal GovernmentCoastTornPledgeHurricanesShatteredKatrinaThose In NeedHurricane KatrinaTorn Apart Author:Dianne Feinstein
“We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as well. They wish for the world in which the United States was utterly dominant over its friends, its foes were to be shunned entirely, and the challenges were stark, moral, and vital. Today's world is messy and complicated. China is one of our biggest trading partners and our looming geopolitical rival. Russia is a surly spoiler, but it has a globalized middle class and has created ties in Europe.” WorldWellsWarStatesRealityTodayPoliticsWishCommunityChallengesLeadershipUnitedMoneyMoralClassHistoryUnited StatesDemocracyGenerationsMiddleMissingPolicyColdPoliticianEthicsEuropeTradeStrategyHuman RightsChinaComplicatedNostalgiaPartnersRussiaIdeologyTiesMiddle ClassOver ItElitesForeign PolicyDominantCold WarTradingDiplomacyFoeFree MarketRivalsCivilityMessyPutinOld DaysStarksToday's WorldLoomingGeopoliticalSurlySpoilersTrading Partners Author:Fareed Zakaria
“I see a couple of things missing. Any society, any community, even in the family, when the elders don't do their jobs, the youth suffer. We have no done our job. I'm saying anybody 55 and up. We didn't teach people the basic things.” PeopleDoneJobsSufferingCommunityTeachMissingYouthCoupleEldersBasic Things Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“What's missing from the online experience is community. Married couples are still going to need something to do on Tuesday nights, right? And it's not going to be individually retiring to their offices to watch on their computers. It's: "We just put the meat loaf dishes away, let's go watch television." It's going to happen. We shouldn't be so led around by other models.” NeedsStillsHappensNightCommunityWatchesMissingTelevisionCoupleOfficeComputerMarriedModelsMeatOnlineRetiringDishesTuesdayMarried CouplesTuesday Night Author:Edward Allen Bernero
“And the thing which is missing is love, some feeling for, as well as some understanding of, the inclusive community of rocks and soils, plants and animals, of which we are a part.” WellsFeelingsUnderstandingCommunityAnimalRocksMissingPlantSoilPlants And Animals Book:The Voice of the Desert, a Naturalist's Interpretation. Source: The Voice of the Desert, a Naturalist's Interpretation.
“There's this presence of these missing people and this lost community that I felt but could not see, and that was a very strange dissonance for me.” PeopleLostFeltCommunityMissingStrangeDissonance Author:Shimon Attie
“If you don't identify as a feminist, you're missing out on this whole community that's out there that could really help you with your work, help you with your personal life, and just give you support.” IfsGivingWholeHelpingCommunitySupportMissingFeministPersonal LifeMissing Out Author:Jessica Valenti
“When I saw Fannie Lou Hamer speech I said, "Well, how did this Democratic Party that Miss Hamer is talking about, become the Democratic Party that now is the party of the African-American community?"” WellsSaidCommunityPartyTalkingSawsMissingSpeechDemocraticAfrican AmericanDemocratic Party Author:Leah D. Daughtry
“I saw so many amazing musicians struggling to build something good. They would play and play... and play some more, but it seemed like there was something missing. I wanted to go someplace higher myself, and go there with the people who come to hear me play. So I began to envision events with their own gravity, that would pull a community of people together for a meaningful experience.” PeoplePlayWantedTogetherCommunityStruggleSawsMissingEventsHigherMusicianMeaningfulGravity Author:Dave Madden
“Crimes are being committed 24/7, 365 days a year. My show aired one hour a day, and then a repeat at 2 a.m. So I am launching a website, a crime-fighting website, a community. I will be writing for the website and curating content. Also, we'll have social media, Facebook Live, and a podcast. I'm really excited about it, and I believe we will help people - find missing people, solve unsolved homicides.” PeopleWritingYearsBelieveHelpingShowsFightingI BelieveSocialCommunityHoursMediaMissingCrimeCommittedExcitedSocial MediaSolveRepeatsWebsiteOne HourHomicideLaunching Author:Nancy Grace
“When people give up sex and give up love or they only have love in the context of tradition then I think we're missing the opportunity of saying to each other building community, building desire in community gives all of us the possibility of learning how to be who we always were terrified we'd find out we were, and then not be ashamed of it and to not have our desire and our love embedded in shame is a profound thing and it's part of what drives the movement.” PeopleThinkingGivingDesireOpportunitySexCommunityMissingMovementPossibilityBuildingGiving UpTraditionShameProfoundAshamedTerrifiedOur LoveEmbeddedCommunity BuildingBuilding Community Author:Amber Hollibaugh
“I wanna feed 5,000 like Jesus, I wanna build a community center where the homeless and less fortunate can come take a shower, get a hot meal and a change of clothes. Maybe not new clothes but some clean clothes. Those are my goals, my raps and goals haven't changed. I'm about helping somebody, I use my celebrity status for the good of mankind. That's what I do, so for all the Hip-Hop people, if they just pull from me the gold, they're missing so much.” PeopleIfsHelpingUseJesusGoalCommunityMankindMissingHavensChangedClothesGoldHotCleanHip HopRapHipsFortunateMealsHopsShowersHomelessLess FortunateNew ClothesCommunity CentersCelebrity StatusClean Clothes Author:Mr. T
“Whether people identify as feminists or not, if they're doing work that furthers a feminist cause, I think that's wonderful, like if it works for me, right, it works for the movement. But I do think that personally they're missing out. If you don't identify as a feminist, you're missing out on this whole community that's out there that could really help you with your work, help you with your personal life, and just give you support.” PeopleThinkingGivingHelpingCommunitySupportWonderfulMissingFeministPersonal LifeMissing Out Author:Jessica Valenti
“The thing that people seem to miss about not just Google, but also our competitors, Yahoo, eBay and so forth, is that there's an awful lot of communities that have never been served by traditional media.” PeopleSeemsCommunityEconomyMediaMissingTraditionalAwfulGoogleCompetitorsEbay Author:Eric Schmidt