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J. C. Watts Politician
Community

"I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options."

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H. G. Wells Writer
Community

"The weaving of mankind into one community does not imply the creation of a homogeneous community, but rather the reverse; the welcome and adequate utilization of distinctive quality in an atmosphere of understanding.... Communities all to one pattern, like boxes of toy soldiers, are things of the past, rather than of the future."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Community

""Be the change you want to see in the world"...and, if you can't be that change, then either get out of the way of the person who wants to be that change or support the individual with your financial resources."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Community

"Facts we would always place before our readers, whether they are palatable or not, and it is by placing them constantly before the public in their nakedness that the misunderstanding between the two communities in South Africa can be removed."

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Ice Cube Rapper, Actor
Community

"I still want to put together bigger and better programs to work with the community. I still think I could do better on that end."

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Orhan Pamuk Novelist, Screenwriter
Community

"My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community is having problems with its identity. That's when we experience all possible forms of nationalist exaggeration."

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
Community

"You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses."

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Malcolm Gladwell Journalist, Author
Community

"I think actually the marketing community is approaching a crisis: There are just too many messages competing for too little attention. That is the fundamental problem."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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"Because once the black man becomes the political master of his own community, it means that the politicians of that community will also be black, which also means that he then will be sending black representation or representatives not only to represent him at the local level and at the state level, but, but even at the federal level."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Community

"We must control the politics and the politicians of our community. They must no longer take orders from outside forces. We will organize, and sweep out of office all Negro politicians who are puppets for the outside forces."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Community

"In my opinion, mature political action is the type of action that that involves a program of re-education and information that will enable the black people in the black community to see the fruits that they should be receiving from the politicians who are over them and, thereby, they are then able to determine whether or not the politician is really fulfilling his function."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Community

"Any time a negro community lives under fear that its churches are going to be bombed, then they have to realize they're living in a war zone."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Community

"Once negro community recognize it as such, they can adopt the same measures against the community that harbors the criminals who are responsible for this activity."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Community

"Anytime there's a fire in a negro community and it's burning out of control, you send any one of them, send Whitney Young in to put it out."

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Larry Gates Actor
Community

"This is very positive for our community...The educational facilities in our area are enjoying advanced broadband services over a state-of-the-art 4G wireless network"

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