“The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and should anything go wrong, they are the persons taking most of the heat.” ShouldPersonsSometimesCommunityLeaderArtisticHeatConductorArbiterAnything Goes Author:Leonard Slatkin
“Sometimes change comes not in the first round, but at the second, third or fourth. Change starts with one person questioning, challenging, speaking up and doing something to make a difference. We can each make a difference...because each of us is already part of the community where racism exists & thrives.” FirstsPersonsSometimesCommunityChallengesDifferencesRacismThirdsRoundsMaking A DifferenceThriveFourthQuestioningSpeaking UpAnti Racism Author:Paul Kivel
“Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of it's flattering but, you know, one of the things that I try to remind people of is, is that I was in politics as a state senator operating in obscurity for many years. Before that I was a community organizer working in low income communities in Chicago and nobody knew my name then. And so, having involved myself in public service for a pretty long time without getting too much attention, hopefully I can keep some of the attention that I'm getting now in perspective.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsLooksLongI CanSometimesStatesCultureNamesCommunityAttentionToo MuchPerspectiveInvolvedLong TimeLowsWaveCaughtIncomeHopefullyChicagoSenatorsObscurityPublic ServiceFlatteringBuzzOrganizerLow IncomeCelebrity Culture Author:Barack Obama
“I see a lot of writers who complain when their book doesn't sell and the reason that happens sometimes, is they don't know how to publicize or promote themselves. A writer is more successful when they're involved in their literary community somehow. It's very easy for an author's book to fade away if they don't get out in public and meet people.” PeopleIfsKnowsBookSometimesReasonHappensEasyCommunityKnow HowSuccessfulInvolvedSellsComplainingFadesFade Away Author:Kevin Sampsell
“In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be mock modesty on my part to deny that I have built up for myself a considerable name without ever actually having won a single game. Even the best players are sometimes beaten, and that is precisely what happens to me.” SometimesHappensWould BeGamesNamesCommunityPlayerBuiltDenyChessModestyBeatenMockBest Players Book:Three-upmanship: The theory & practice of gamesmanship: Some notes on lifemanship [and] One-upmanship Source: Three-upmanship: The theory & practice of gamesmanship: Some notes on lifemanship [and] One-upmanship
“When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens like one of those fluted Japanese blossoms, flimsy and spastic, bright and warm. This almost always seems to happen in community.” SometimesSeemsHappensFaithCommunityExpectationsWarmFloats Author:Anne Lamott
“It's kind of a camaraderie in the comedy community, people are kind of proud of how badly they go down sometimes, and it's quite nice to join in with that.” PeopleKindSometimesCommunityComedyNiceProudCamaraderie Author:Amy Hoggart