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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.

~Adam Davidson

Topics: Attract Bit Communities Demanding Economy Jobs Just More Offer Our Providing Put Resource Scarce Schools Simply Than Well-Educated Workers

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When we talk about communities, we seldom discuss the margins. But for every person nestled comfortably in the bosom of a community, there is someone else on the outskirts, feeling ambivalent. Ambiguous. Excluded. Unwilling or unable to come more fully into the fold.

~Adam Mansbach

Topics: About Ambiguous Ambivalent Bosom Come Comfortably Communities Community Discuss Else Every Excluded Feeling Fold Fully Margins More Person Seldom Someone Talk Unable Unwilling

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As a child who lived in a lot of places, one of the hardest things for me was to join a new community. It was hardest at the kibbutz, but that was also one of the most impressive communities.

~Adam Neumann

Topics: Also Child Communities Community Hardest Impressive Join Lived Lot Me Most New Places Things Who

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Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities.

~Adam Rickitt

Topics: Break Break Up Communities Disastrous Effects Families Lives Our People Ruin Up

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Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight.

~Afrika Bambaataa

Topics: Any Breaks Communities Control Doctors Hell La Like Loose Lot Make Money New New York Sight Since Test Then Using York Youth

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A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.

~Aga Khan Iv

Topics: Both Communities Confident Depth Educated Identity Neighbours Own Requires Secure Society Those Traditions

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There's always some difference between your Latino and African-American communities. But we definitely have more similarities than differences.

~Aja Brown

Topics: African-American Always Between Communities Definitely Difference Differences Latino More Similarities Some Than Your

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I dedicated my career to really working in under-served communities and really just being in the trenches.

~Aja Brown

Topics: Being Career Communities Dedicated Just Really Trenches Working

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Children in urban communities suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome in higher proportions than veterans, and they need therapeutic outlets, which arts and drama has proven to provide.

~Aja Brown

Topics: Arts Children Communities Drama Higher Need Outlets Proportions Proven Provide Stress Suffer Syndrome Than Therapeutic Urban Veterans Which

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As chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, I've logged more than 5,000 miles driving across the country to see first-hand how digital technologies are unleashing opportunity in U.S. communities and to understand the connectivity challenges many Americans face.

~Ajit Pai

Topics: Across American Chairman Challenges Commission Communications Communities Country Digital Driving Face Federal How Many Miles More Opportunity See Technologies Than Understand

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